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History · Symonds

Symonds’ post office opened in 1905

Below: maps from 1939 on.

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How Symonds began

When was Symonds founded?

1905

The Symonds post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 72121 years
Founding year: the first Symonds post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Symonds’ 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

Symonds, in brief

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

Symonds is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. Symonds is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Malvina and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Pace. Symonds is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. A post office operated under the name Symonds from 1905 to 1954. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 72.

Its first post office opened in 1905.

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

Timeline

Symonds, 1905 to 1954

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Symonds post office opens
  3. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1954Post officeThe Symonds post office closes
By decade

Symonds, decade by decade

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On the map

Symonds on the map, 1939 to 1970

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

Symonds on the 1939 USGS mapSymonds on the 1969 USGS mapSymonds 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 Symonds.

Famous people

Famous people close to Symonds

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

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Archie MooreAmerican boxer · b. 1913
David EdwardsAmerican blues guitarist and singer · b. 1915
Gerald WilsonAmerican trumpetist · b. 1918
Jimmy RogersAmerican Chicago blues musician · b. 1924
James EastlandAmerican politician · b. 1904
Johnny O'Bryant IIIAmerican basketball player · b. 1993
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Symonds had its own post office from 1905 to 1954.

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

Questions about Symonds’ history

What year was Symonds founded?

The Symonds post office opened in 1905, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.