Extinct Towns & Villages of Noxubee County, Mississippi

Extinct Towns & Villages of Noxubee County, Mississippi

Extract taken from Publication of the Mississippi Historical Society, By the Mississippi Historical Society, Edited by Franklin L. Riley, Secretary, Volume V, Oxford, Mississippi, 1902, pgs 360-361 , from chapter entitled “Extinct Towns and Villages of Mississippi” by Franklin L. Riley

Boundstown[1] – Sometime in the early 30’s Mr. jesse Bounds settled in the southeastern part of Noxobee (sic) county on the Noxubee river. Others soon joined him and the settlement grew into a country village. It was named Boundstown in honor of the first settler, though it was familiarly called “Bouncetown”. Mr. Bounds soon moved into the lower part of Kemper county. The town had an uncertain existence for only a few years. In writing of this place Miss Welsh says: “It was never noted for anything except rowdyism (sic), and that will not look well on record. The citizens whose name I recall was a Mr. Stevens, familiarly called ‘Uncle Billy’. Its death may be attributed to the fact that there was no necessity for its existence, especially as it was soon overwhelmed by a neighboring town, Brooklyn.”

Brooklyn – Acting on a firm belief that Noxubee river would prove to be navigable for steamboats, the Loomis Brothers removed this business from Wahalak I Kemper county to a place on that stream, three or four miles south of Boundstown, and eight miles east of the present town of Shuqualak (sic). At this new site they projected a town, which they called Brooklyn. Another merchant, Hinzy Walker, also engaged in business at this place. In a few years the Loomis Brothers sustained a heavy loss by fire. The hope that the Noxubee would prove navigable for steamboats having been dispelled in the meantime by actual experiment, the origin projectors of this village returned to their homes in the North. The town, after a struggle existence, perhaps down to the outbreak of the War between the States, finally died.

[1] The writer acknowledges with pleasure the valuable information he has received from Miss Mary J. Welsh, of Shuqulak, Miss., on the extinct towns along the Noxubee river.

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