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History · Pace

Pace’s post office opened in 1909

Most of Pace was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Below: 12 old photos and papers, maps from 1939 on, and the census since 1930.

1909first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
12old photos & papers
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From Pace’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Pace began

When was Pace founded?

1909

The Pace post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Arnold (1902), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 349 in 19302020 census: 183117 years
Founding year: the first Pace post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pace’s past

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

Boom and bustPeaked at 629 in 1970; 183 people lived here in 2020.A town in old photos12 old photos, postcards and papers.
★ What stands out · People over time

Pace, census by census

010020030040050060070019401960198020002020Peak: 629

Peaked at 629 in 1970; 183 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

By decade

Pace, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s12 items
Son of sharecropper washing face. Near Pace, Mississippi. Background, Sunflower Plantation, Mississippi1939Son of sharecropper washing face. Near Pace, Mississi…House of sharecroppers near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation1939House of sharecroppers near Pace, Mississippi. Backgr…Barn of sharecropper near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation1939Barn of sharecropper near Pace, Mississippi. Backgrou…Kitchen table, farm family near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo, Sunflower Plantation1939Kitchen table, farm family near Pace, Mississippi. Ba…Back door of sharecropper's house1939Back door of sharecropper's housePrivy of sharecropper's farmstead near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation1939Privy of sharecropper's farmstead near Pace, Mississi…Side of sharecropper's cabin near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation1939Side of sharecropper's cabin near Pace, Mississippi. …Tenant farmer and family near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation1939Tenant farmer and family near Pace, Mississippi. Back…Tenant farm family living near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation1939Tenant farm family living near Pace, Mississippi. Bac…Quilting in sharecropper's home near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plantation1939Quilting in sharecropper's home near Pace, Mississipp…Untitled photo, possibly related to: House of sharecroppers near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Plan…1939Untitled photo, possibly related to: House of sharecr…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Barn of sharecropper near Pace, Mississippi. Background photo for Sunflower Planta…1939Untitled photo, possibly related to: Barn of sharecro…
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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The story so far

Pace, in brief

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

Pace is a town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 183. The community is named after James Henry Pace, a planter and land owner in the region.

Its first post office opened in 1909. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 274 to 183 (-33%).

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

Timeline

Pace, 1902 to 1970

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Arnold post office opens
  3. 1909Post officeThe Arnold post office closes
  4. 1909Post officeThe Pace post office opens
  5. 1939In the archiveSon of sharecropper washing face. Near Pace, Mississippi. Background, Sunflower Plantatio…
  6. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 629
On the map

Pace on the map, 1939 to 1970

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

Pace on the 1939 USGS mapPace on the 1969 USGS mapPace on the 1970 USGS map1939Pace 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 Pace.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Son of sharecropper washing face. Near Pace, Mississippi. Background, Sunflower Plantation, Mississippi
Retake this viewSon of sharecropper washing face. Near Pace, Mississippi. Background, Sunflower Plantation, Mississippi, 1939

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Pace’s page.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Pace’s post office has been open since 1909. Another post office, Arnold, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Arnold
1902–1909
Pace
1909–today
19001960today

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

Help out

Finish Pace’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewSon of sharecropper washing face. Near …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Pace’s history

What year was Pace founded?

The Pace post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Sources

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 (12), 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.