Archive for May 2022

Madison Mississippi is named in honor of President James Madison. It was built along the Illinois Central Railroad in 1856 as Madison Station. Madisonville was already nearby and was a stagecoach stop on the Natchez Trace. It was the county seat of Madison County with two banks, a race track, a hotel, and a wagon…

Clinton Mississippi was established in 1823 as Mount Salus. An 1822 survey documented that there was a spring there. The town’s name was changed to Clinton in honor of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton, who pushed for the building of the Erie Canal. The Natchez Trace passed through Clinton. Mississippi College is the oldest institution…

Brandon Mississippi was incorporated in 1831 on 40 acres of land and is named after Governor Gerard Brandon. The town did not expand beyond 40 acres until 1840. Population growth was encouraged by the arrival of the railroad in 1836. The town burned during Sherman’s Civil War March to the Sea. A monument in the…