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History · Puckett

Puckett dates to 1837

Most of Puckett was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1968 on, and the census since 1960.

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0on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
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From Puckett’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Puckett began

When was Puckett founded?

1837

Puckett dates its founding to 1837 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1960.

First census: 302 in 19602020 census: 342189 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1891.The full story ↓

What stands out about Puckett’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsEstablished in 1837: 189 years of Puckett.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Puckett’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewPost Office, Puckett, Mississippi (1912): stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Timeline

Puckett, 1837 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837
    FoundingPuckett is established
  3. 1891Post officeThe Puckett post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1912In the archivePost Office, Puckett, Mississippi (1912)
  6. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Puckett came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Puckett.

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The first European-American settlement at this location was in 1837, and the pioneers named it Clear Creek. One of the first settlers was Calvin Boone. A man known by the surname Merchant is credited with building the first water mill in the area, and with blazing a road along a ridge leading to another settlement then known as Shiloh. Settlers migrated from Alabama. A.A. Burnham applied for a US post office in 1890, asking that it be named either Clear Creek or Burnham. Due to these names already being used, the USPS assigned the name of Puckett to the post office, after the Puckett family, who came from nearby Tishomingo. Early in the town's history, a traveling show wintered there for a number of years. Attendance at its winter performances led to the town's being nicknamed "the largest little show place in the world". In the 1950s a sign was erected, saying "Welcome to Puckett 300 g…

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Puckett, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s1 item
Post Office, Puckett, Mississippi (1912)1912Post Office, Puckett, Mississippi (1912)
1920s–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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MS Puckett 336337 1968 24000 geo (TIF)2018MS Puckett 336337 1968 24000 geo (TIF)
On the map

Puckett on the map, 1968 to 1984

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

Puckett on the 1968 USGS mapPuckett on the 1975 USGS mapPuckett on the 1984 USGS map1968Puckett 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 Puckett.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Post Office, Puckett, Mississippi (1912)
Retake this viewPost Office, Puckett, Mississippi (1912), 1912

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People over time

Puckett, census by census

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Between 279 and 354 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Puckett

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

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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
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M.C. GaineyAmerican actor · b. 1948

Questions about Puckett’s history

What year was Puckett founded?

In 1837, according to Wikidata. Puckett’s post office opened in 1891, and the census of 1960 counted 302 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.