Maxie, Mississippi

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Maxie, Mississippi
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Maxie, Mississippi
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Maxie, Mississippi
Maxie, Mississippi (the United States)
Coordinates: 30°58′41″N89°11′45″W / 30.97806°N 89.19583°W / 30.97806; -89.19583 Coordinates: 30°58′41″N89°11′45″W / 30.97806°N 89.19583°W / 30.97806; -89.19583
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Forrest
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID693891 [1]

Maxie is an unicorporated area in Forrest County, Mississippi. It lies within the De Soto National Forest and was a stop on the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (G&SIRR). It had a post office from 1900 until 1967. [2] In 1964 it had a population of 125. [3] William Henry Bucklew, who became mayor of Laurel, Mississippi and published the Southern Baptist News, was born in Maxie. [4] Beaverdam Creek runs through Maxie. [5]

G&SIRR Maxie to Mendenhall loop Maxie-Mendenhall loop G&SIRR.png
G&SIRR Maxie to Mendenhall loop

In the early 1900s, at the height of the timber boom in Mississippi, the G&SIRR built a loop off the main railroad line so as to connect Maxie to Mendenhall, Mississippi. [6] At that time, the town of Maxie was reported to be prosperous. [7]

Camp and Hinton Company built a rail line for forest products terminating in Maxie. [8] Operation of the line changed hands several times and varied from forest products to freight and passengers. By about 1930, the area's forests had been depleted. [9]

Once the virgin pine resource was exhausted in south Mississippi, small towns like Maxie, that depended on commerce in forest products, faded rapidly. In 2019, a church and cemetery were the only features bearing the Maxie name.

Maxie church and cemetery Maxie Church and Cemetery.jpg
Maxie church and cemetery

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maxie
  2. ↑ Forte, Jim. "Post Offices -- Mississippi". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. ↑ "Mississippi Rails -- Maxie, Mississippi". www.msrailroads.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  4. ↑ Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 1981. ISBN   9781617034183.
  5. ↑ Telis, Pamela A. (1991). Low-flow and Flow-duration Characteristics of Mississippi Streams. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
  6. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (page 852). Southern Historical Publishing Association.
  7. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (page 726). Southern Historical Publishing Association.
  8. ↑ Hoffman, Gil. "Mississippi Rails -- Camp & Hinton Co". www.msrailroads.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  9. ↑ Commission, United States Interstate Commerce (1933). Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. L.K. Strouse.
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