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History · Crosby

Crosby’s post office opened in 1934, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1940.

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Quick answers

How Crosby began

When was Crosby founded?

1934

The Crosby post office opened in 1934, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Dayton (1884) and Stephenson (1916), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 1,489 in 19402020 census: 24292 years
Founding year: the first Crosby post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Crosby’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 Crosby are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Crosby, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Crosby’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crosby’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Crosby’s post office has been open since 1934. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Dayton
1884–1916
Stephenson
1916–1934
Crosby
1934–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Stephenson
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Crosby
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Crosby came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Crosby.

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Crosby was originally named Dayton in 1884, as a tribute to landowner David Day, who provided a right-of-way for the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad (Y&MV). In 1900, the population of Dayton was 30.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Crosby, 1884 to 2000

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Dayton post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1916Post officeThe Dayton post office closes
  5. 1916Post officeThe Stephenson post office opens
  6. 1934Post officeThe Stephenson post office closes
  7. 1934Post officeThe Crosby post office opens
  8. 1952Born hereBoyd Brown is born here
  9. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 21st century
  11. 2000Born hereCameron Young is born here
By decade

Crosby, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Homochitto river crosby 20182018Homochitto river crosby 2018MS33 North Curves and Hills2014MS33 North Curves and Hills
On the map

Crosby on the map, 1961 to 2000

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

Crosby on the 1961 USGS mapCrosby on the 1988 USGS mapCrosby on the 2000 USGS map1961Crosby 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 Crosby.

People over time

Crosby, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,60019401960198020002020Peak: 1,489

Between 242 and 1,489 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Crosby’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Crosby

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Boyd BrownAmerican football player · b. 1952
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Cameron YoungAmerican football player · b. 2000

Questions about Crosby’s history

What year was Crosby founded?

The Crosby post office opened in 1934, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.