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History · Skene

Skene’s post office opened in 1902

Below: maps from 1939 on.

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How Skene began

When was Skene founded?

1902

The Skene post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 210124 years
Founding year: the first Skene post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Skene’s past

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The story so far

Skene, in brief

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

Skene is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States on Mississippi Highway 446. Skene is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Boyle and approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Shaw. Skene was a station on the Boyle and Sunflower branch of the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. A post office operated under the name Skene from 1902 to 1992. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 210.

Its first post office opened in 1902.

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

Timeline

Skene, 1902 to 1992

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Skene post office opens
  3. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1992Post officeThe Skene post office closes
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On the map

Skene on the map, 1939 to 1967

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

Skene on the 1939 USGS mapSkene on the 1967 USGS map1939Choctaw 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 Skene.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Skene had its own post office from 1902 to 1992.

Skene
1902–1992
19001960today

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

Questions about Skene’s history

What year was Skene founded?

The Skene post office opened in 1902, 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.