Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 19% of U.S. towns · #76 of 100 in Mississippi. What drives it
Most of Beechwood was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1918 on.
More historic than 19% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Beechwood is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns, #76 of 100 in Mississippi. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
Mississippi towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Mississippi town has 71.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Beechwood’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (19% of Mississippi towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beechwood’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Beechwood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Beechwood.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Beechwood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Beechwood is am unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Warren County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,469 at the 2020 census.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,426 in 2010, 3,469 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Beechwood itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Beechwood is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns, #76 of 100 in Mississippi. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
7% of Beechwood’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.5 points), against a typical 4.5% for a Mississippi town; the median home was built in 1990.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
