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Hermanville dates to 1886

Most of Hermanville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1963 on.

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How Hermanville began

When was Hermanville founded?

1886

Hermanville dates its founding to 1886 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1880.

2020 census: 692140 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1880.The full story ↓

What stands out about Hermanville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Hermanville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hermanville.

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Hermanville was established on March 15, 1886. The town's economy was based on cotton, cattle, and timber products.

The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany was built in Hermanville in 1887. By 1982, the congregation had become inactive as population decreased. In 1985 the building was moved to the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Jackson, where it is used as a chapel.

The Natchez, Jackson and Columbus Railroad was completed in 1882, and a depot was established in Hermanville. Known locally as "The Little J", the line ran between the state capital of Jackson and Natchez. It had various owners; the last was the Illinois Central Railroad, which abandoned the line in railroad industry restructuring between 1979 and 1981.

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Timeline

Hermanville, 1880 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Hermansville post office opens
  3. 1886
    FoundingHermanville is established
  4. 1892Born hereMaxwell Bodenheim is born here
  5. 20th century
  6. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Hermanville, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Scene near the Mangum Mound, an ancient burial mound located at milepost 45.7 on the Natchez Trace Parkway2017Scene near the Mangum Mound, an ancient burial mound …The Mangum Mound, an ancient burial mound located at milepost 45.7 on the Natchez Trace Parkway2017The Mangum Mound, an ancient burial mound located at …Goats and a donkey graze on a farm along the Natchez Trace Parkway2017Goats and a donkey graze on a farm along the Natchez …Signage for the many archaeological sites along the Natchez Trace Parkway2017Signage for the many archaeological sites along the N…
On the map

Hermanville on the map, 1963 to 1984

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

Hermanville on the 1963 USGS mapHermanville on the 1984 USGS map1963Hermanville 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 Hermanville.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Hermanville Presbyterian Churchchurch
1cemetery inside Hermanville
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Hermanville’s history

What year was Hermanville founded?

In 1886, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Hermanville’s post office opened in 1880.

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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 the Library of Congress (4), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.