Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi, 1891
Louisville, the county seat of Winston County, has a population of three
hundred and seventy-five, and is a thriving and progressive inland town with no
railroad connection. It contains several good store buildings, some sightly
church edifices and a creditable court-house. The land on which the county
buildings are located was donated to Winston County by Jane Dodson.
The first newspaper issued in Winston County was the Times-Tablet and
Mississippi. Gazette, published in 1844, at Louisville. The next paper was the
Chronicle, established prior to the war, and after the war came the Bulletin,
and later the Banner, followed by the Index and the Signal. The last mentioned
paper was started by W. J. Newsom, present editor and proprietor.
Louisville lodge No. 75, A. F. & A. M., was organized under a dispensation
granted in 1845, and was chartered January 10, 1846. Other lodges in the county
are
Webster lodge No. 205
Winstonville lodge No. 277
Perkinsville lodge No. 331.
In Winston the Masonic society. Odd Fellows, Grange, Alliance, etc., are
represented.
There are several normal and low-grade schools throughout the county. At
Louisville, Plattsburg and Betheden there are churches of the Methodist,
Baptist, old style Presbyterians, Cumberland Presbyterians, Catholic, Lutheran
and Campbellite or Christian denominations.
Back to: Mississippi Counties, Cities and Towns, 1891
Source: Biographical and Historical Memories of Mississippi, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1891
