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History · Longview

Longview’s post office opened in 1889

Most of Longview was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1965 on.

1889first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Longview began

When was Longview founded?

1889

The Longview post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 295137 years
Founding year: the first Longview post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Longview’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 so far

Longview, in brief

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

Longview is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located along Mississippi Highway 12 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Longview is approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Starkville and approximately 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Sturgis. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 295.

Its first post office opened in 1889.

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

Timeline

Longview, 1889 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Longview post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1966Post officeThe Longview post office closes
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On the map

Longview on the map, 1965 to 1982

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

Longview on the 1965 USGS mapLongview on the 1982 USGS map1965Longview 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 Longview.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Longview had its own post office from 1889 to 1966.

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

Questions about Longview’s history

What year was Longview founded?

The Longview post office opened in 1889, 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 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.