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History · Mize

Mize dates to 1810

Most of Mize was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1975 on and the census since 1910.

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How Mize began

When was Mize founded?

1810

Mize dates its founding to 1810 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 321 in 19102020 census: 317216 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1887.The full story ↓

What stands out about Mize’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 Mize are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 561 in 1940; 317 people lived here in 2020.Deep rootsEstablished in 1810: 216 years of Mize.
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People over time

Mize, census by census

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Peaked at 561 in 1940; 317 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Mize’s Wikipedia page.

Timeline

Mize, 1810 to 1975

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1810
    FoundingMize is established
  3. 1887Post officeThe Mize post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 561
  6. 1975On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Mize came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Mize.

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Mize was settled by Europeans by the early 1900s on the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad lines, though immigrants from Scotland may have settled the area as early as 1810. Choctaw Indians had lived in the area for thousands of years, and were being forced westward by the early 1800s. It is proximate to Sullivan's Hollow, Mississippi, the home of outlaw William Cicero "Wild Bill" Sullivan.

On April 6, 2005, an F-3 tornado struck Mize High School. The school's second floor was ripped off and the entire structure was severely damaged. Reconstruction efforts were completed in 2007.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the map

Mize on the map, 1975 to 1994

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

Mize on the 1975 USGS mapMize on the 1984 USGS mapMize on the 1994 USGS map1975Mize 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 Mize.

Questions about Mize’s history

What year was Mize founded?

In 1810, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Mize’s post office opened in 1887, and the census of 1910 counted 321 people here.

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.