Maxie, Mississippi

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, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Maxie, Mississippi
Location within the state of Mississippi
Maxie, Mississippi
Maxie, Mississippi (the United States)
Coordinates: 30°58′41″N 89°11′45″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyForrest
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID693891[1]

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

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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