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History · Tremont

Tremont dates to 1852

Most of Tremont was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1980.

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Quick answers

How Tremont began

When was Tremont founded?

1852

Tremont dates its founding to 1852 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1980.

First census: 379 in 19802020 census: 467174 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1847.

What stands out about Tremont’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 Tremont are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Tremont.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tremont’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Tremont’s post office has been open since 1858. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

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Graball
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1cemetery inside Tremont
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Tremont, in brief

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

Tremont is a town in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States. It was founded in 1852. As of the 2020 census, Tremont had a population of 467.

Tremont was established in 1852. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 465 in 2010, 467 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Tremont, 1847 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1847Post officeThe Fremont post office opens
  3. 1852
    FoundingTremont is established
  4. 1855Post officeThe Graball post office opens
  5. 1857Post officeThe Fremont post office closes
  6. 1857Post officeThe Graball post office closes
  7. 1858Post officeThe Tremont post office opens
  8. 20th century
  9. 1943Born hereDonald G. Jackson is born here
  10. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Tremont, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Highway Hospitality Building, Mississippi Welcome Center2016Highway Hospitality Building, Mississippi Welcome Cen…Mississippi Highway 1782015Mississippi Highway 178
On the map

Tremont on the map, 1966 to 1992

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

Tremont on the 1966 USGS mapTremont on the 1979 USGS mapTremont on the 1992 USGS map1966Tremont 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 Tremont.

People over time

Tremont, census by census

0100200300400500198020002020Peak: 467

Between 342 and 467 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Questions about Tremont’s history

What year was Tremont founded?

In 1852, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Tremont’s post office opened in 1847, and the census of 1980 counted 379 people here.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.