Historical Marker
Holmesville
Holmesville, Pike County · Mississippi
Erected 1978
Commissioners chose this spot in the county's geographic center in December 1816, and for years it was Pike County's center of trade. In summer it filled with New Orleans families escaping cholera and yellow fever, drawn by clean water and quiet. Then the Illinois Central was built in 1857 to the west, bypassing the town and pulling people toward the railroad towns of Magnolia, Summit and Osyka. The county seat moved away in 1873. Within about twenty years most businesses had left, and one by one the old buildings were torn down or left to decay; few remain.
Where it stands
31.18541, -90.31167 · Directions
More markers nearby
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