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History · Kearney Park

Half of Kearney Park’s homes were built after 1970

Most of Kearney Park was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1962 on.

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What stands out about Kearney Park’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 Kearney Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kearney Park’s history is told.

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The story so far

Kearney Park, in brief

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

Kearney Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located on Livingston-Vernon Road in western Madison County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,048. Kearney Park is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,054 in 2010, 1,048 in 2020.

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Kearney Park on the map, 1962 to 1988

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

Kearney Park on the 1962 USGS mapKearney Park on the 1988 USGS map1962Flora 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 Kearney Park.

Famous people

Famous people close to Kearney Park

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

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Faith HillAmerican country singer · b. 1967
Eudora WeltyAmerican short story writer, novelist and photo… · b. 1909
LeAnn RimesAmerican singer and actress · b. 1982
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RJ MitteAmerican actor · b. 1992
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Richard FordAmerican novelist and short story writer · b. 1944
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Candice PattonAmerican actress · b. 1985
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Kearney Park
Kearney FamilyPowell - ThompsonSmith ChapelVernon

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Kearney Park’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.