2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 186 buildings. Most of Eupora was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1890.
Founding year: the first Eupora post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Eupora’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Eupora is more historic than 49% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Eupora’s overall grade.
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 Eupora’s 836 sits above most of its state (95% of Mississippi towns have fewer) while its 188 historic buildings outnumber those of 93% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B+. The pre-1940 share (±2.1 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 →
What stands out about Eupora’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Eupora was established in 1889 by European Americans on a spur track of the Georgia Pacific Railway. While there was agricultural development prior to the railroad being built in the county, the railroad stimulated trade and businesses. Eupora is the largest city in Webster County.
Near the city there was armed conflict in 1770, among some Native American tribes. The Chakchiuma were destroyed by the allied Choctaw and Chickasaw, who were traditional enemies in the region. They dominated territories in what became Mississippi and Alabama. In 1904, Bud Simpson, an African American man accused of raping white girls, was not given a trial and hanged from a tree by a group of 200 cheering white people, who then shot him.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eupora. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1953Walthall 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 Eupora.
Every building
Eupora, building by building, 1905–1918
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
People over time
Eupora, census by census
Between 432 and 2,326 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Eupora’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
6 famous people were born in Eupora
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
The Eupora post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Eupora rank for history?
Eupora is more historic than 49% of U.S. towns. 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.
What is on the National Register in Eupora?
Two places: the Cotesworth (listed 1978) and the Eupora Historic District (2011).
How old are the homes in Eupora?
2% of Eupora’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.1 points), against a typical 4.5% for a Mississippi town; the median home was built in 1981.
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 Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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