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History · Foxworth

Foxworth’s post office opened in 1911

Most of Foxworth was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1970 on.

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How Foxworth began

When was Foxworth founded?

1911

The Foxworth post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Nearest (1907) and West Columbia (1909), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 523115 years
Founding year: the first Foxworth post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Foxworth’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 Foxworth are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Foxworth.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Foxworth’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Foxworth’s post office has been open since 1911. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

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1907–1908
West Columbia
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Water Valley Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Foxworth
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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 Foxworth came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Foxworth.

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The community is named after Frank W. Foxworth, who settled the community after moving from the east side of the Pearl River. His father had moved from Marion County, South Carolina, and settled near Columbia, 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Foxworth. The community of Foxworth operated a grist mill, sawmill, and gin.

Foxworth is located on the former Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The community once had a spur line that connected the Hamilton-Uhl Lumber Company with the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Foxworth, 1907 to 1970

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907Post officeThe Nearest post office opens
  3. 1908Post officeThe Nearest post office closes
  4. 1909Post officeThe West Columbia post office opens
  5. 1911Post officeThe West Columbia post office closes
  6. 1911Post officeThe Foxworth post office opens
  7. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Foxworth, decade by decade

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On the map

Foxworth on the map, 1970 to 1994

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

Foxworth on the 1970 USGS mapFoxworth on the 1984 USGS mapFoxworth on the 1994 USGS map1970Columbia South sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Foxworth

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

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Britney SpearsAmerican singer, songwriter, actress and model · b. 1981
Brandy NorwoodAmerican singer, songwriter and actress · b. 1979
Jamie Lynn SpearsAmerican actress and singer · b. 1991
Bo DiddleyAmerican guitarist · b. 1928
Dana AndrewsAmerican actor · b. 1909
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Fred ArmisenAmerican comedian, actor and musician · b. 1966

Questions about Foxworth’s history

What year was Foxworth founded?

The Foxworth post office opened in 1911, 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), Wikipedia, 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.