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History · Bovina

Bovina’s post office opened in 1833, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Bovina was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Its Register listings are the Big Black River Battlefield and the Big Black River Railroad Bridge. Below: maps from 1938 on.

1833first post office
2on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Bovina began

When was Bovina founded?

1833

The Bovina post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 516193 years
Founding year: the first Bovina post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bovina’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 Bovina are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1833: 193 years of Bovina.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bovina’s history is told.

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Timeline

Bovina, 1833 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1833Post officeThe Bovina post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1917BuiltBig Black River Railroad Bridge is built
  5. 1938On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1956Post officeThe Bovina post office closes
The story so far

Bovina, in brief

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

Bovina is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located about 7 miles (11 km) east of Vicksburg in Warren County, Mississippi, on Interstate 20. It is part of the Vicksburg Micropolitan Statistical Area. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 516.

Its first post office opened in 1833.

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

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

Bovina on the map, 1938 to 1972

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

Bovina on the 1938 USGS mapBovina on the 1972 USGS map1938Edwards 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 Bovina.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Bovina

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1971
Big Black River Battlefield
Big Black River BattlefieldBig Black River Railroad Bridge, built 1917
SitesStructures
Big Black River BattlefieldSite
Big Black River Railroad BridgeBuilt 1917

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Bovina had its own post office from 1833 to 1956.

Bovina
1833–1956
18301930today

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

Questions about Bovina’s history

What year was Bovina founded?

The Bovina post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Bovina?

Two places: the Big Black River Battlefield (listed 1971) and the Big Black River Railroad Bridge (1988).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (2), 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.