A history of West Point,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of West Point from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWest Point is a city in Clay County, Mississippi, United States, in the Golden Triangle region of the state. The population was 10,105 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Clay County and the principal city of the West Point Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Columbus-West Point Combined Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 11,307 to 10,105 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of West Point yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish West Point’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCotton planter and pickers1908, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from West Point
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West Point, decade by decade
1940s
1990s
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CommonsNathan Mathews House and Mathews Cotton Gin-West Point MS2022
CommonsKenneth G. Neigh Dormitory Complex-West Point MS2022
CommonsCharles R. Jordan House-West Point MS2022
CommonsControl cities ms-12 and us-822021
CommonsToxey haas and gus Bottomland2020
CommonsCity Hall, West Point, MS 022015
CommonsCity Hall, West Point, MS 012015
CommonsCarnegie Library2015
CommonsSallie Kate Winters Park2013
CommonsSallie Kate Winters Park Spring2013
CommonsRsz west point down town own copyright converted2013
CommonsRsz west point commerce street own copyright converted2013
CommonsWest Point MS from airplane2012
CommonsUS Navy 071114-N-5549O-056 Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) t…2007
CommonsMSMap-doton-West Point2007
CommonsColumbus-West Point CSA200710 historic places in West Point
West Point has 10 listings on the National Register, and they protect 361 historic buildings, because West Point Unified Historic District alone counts 134.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1990Dewitt Anderson HouseListed 1982West Point Central City Historic DistrictListed 1982Court Street Historic DistrictListed 1990Commerce Street Historic DistrictListed 1990East Main Street Historic DistrictListed 1990Moses Jordan HouseListed 1990West Point School Historic DistrictListed 1991Holmes, Mary, Junior College Historic DistrictListed 2009West Point Unified Historic DistrictListed 2021Kenneth G. Neigh Dormitory ComplexThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Cotton planter and pickers1908 (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (22) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.