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History · Biggersville

1 of Biggersville’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Thomas F. Dilworth House. Most of Biggersville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Its Register listing is the Thomas F. Dilworth House. Below: maps from 1950 on.

1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0

What stands out about Biggersville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Biggersville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Biggersville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Biggersville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Biggersville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Biggersville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 45 six miles south of Corinth in the northeastern part of the state. Biggersville is home to Biggersville High School and several small businesses. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 205.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Biggersville, 1847 to 1950

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1847Post officeThe New Hope post office opens
  3. 1853Post officeThe New Hope post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Biggersville on the map, 1950 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Biggersville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Biggersville on the 1950 USGS mapBiggersville on the 1982 USGS map1950Corinth sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Biggersville.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Biggersville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Thomas F. Dilworth House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

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All 1 listings
Thomas F. Dilworth HouseBuilding · listed 1988

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Biggersville

Nobody well known was born in Biggersville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Earle MeadowsAmerican athlete · b. 1913
Hayden ThompsonAmerican musician · b. 1938
Travis ChildersAmerican politician · b. 1958
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David L. HillAmerican physicist · b. 1919
Roscoe TurnerAmerican airplane racer · b. 1895
Babe McCarthyAmerican basketball coach · b. 1923
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, New Hope, opened and closed inside today’s town.

1cemetery inside Biggersville
New Hope Presbyterian Church

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Biggersville’s history

What is on the National Register in Biggersville?

One place: the Thomas F. Dilworth House (listed 1988).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.