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History · Elliott

Elliott’s post office opened in 1860

Most of Elliott was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1953 on.

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How Elliott began

When was Elliott founded?

1860

The Elliott post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 880166 years
Founding year: the first Elliott post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Elliott’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 Elliott are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Elliott, in brief

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

Elliott is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States, and part of the Grenada Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Elliott had a population of 880. Elliott is located on the southern edge of Grenada County, with its southern border following the Montgomery County line. It is along U.S. Route 51, 7 miles (11 km) south of Grenada, the county seat, and 4 miles (6 km) north of Duck Hill. The Camp McCain Training Center of the Mississippi National Guard is 3 miles (5 km) to the east. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Elliott CDP has an area of 4.5 square miles (11.7 km2), all of it land. The community is in…

Its first post office opened in 1860. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 990 to 880 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Elliott, 1860 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860Post officeThe Elliott post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1964Post officeThe Elliott post office closes
By decade

Elliott, decade by decade

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On the map

Elliott on the map, 1953 to 1984

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

Elliott on the 1953 USGS mapElliott on the 1963 USGS mapElliott on the 1984 USGS map1953West Point sheet · 1:250,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Elliott

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

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Donna TarttAmerican writer · b. 1963
Trent LottUnited States Senator from Mississippi · b. 1941
Juanita MooreAmerican actress · b. 1914
Valerie Brisco-HooksAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1960
Donald H. PetersonAmerican astronaut · b. 1933
Glenn HardinAthletics competitor · b. 1910
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Elliott had its own post office from 1860 to 1964.

Elliott
1860–1964
18601940today
Gone or out of use
Camp McCain Military Reservationmilitary

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

Questions about Elliott’s history

What year was Elliott founded?

The Elliott post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (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.