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History · Van Vleet

Van Vleet’s post office opened in 1891, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1959 on.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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How Van Vleet began

When was Van Vleet founded?

1891

The Van Vleet post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 95135 years
Founding year: the first Van Vleet post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Van Vleet’s 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

Van Vleet, in brief

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

Van Vleet is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. Van Vleet is located at the junction of Mississippi Highway 32 and Mississippi Highway 385, 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Houston. Van Vleet has a post office with ZIP code 38877. Van Vleet is located on the former Houston Branch of the Southern Railway. A post office first began operation under the name Van Vleet in 1891. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 95.

Its first post office opened in 1891.

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

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On the map

Van Vleet on the map, 1959 to 2000

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

Van Vleet on the 1959 USGS mapVan Vleet on the 1987 USGS mapVan Vleet on the 2000 USGS map1959Van Vleet 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 Van Vleet.

Famous people

Famous people close to Van Vleet

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

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Elvis PresleyAmerican singer and actor · b. 1935
DiploAmerican DJ and record producer · b. 1978
Roger WickerAmerican lawyer and politician · b. 1951
Thad CochranUnited States Senator from Mississippi · b. 1937
Bobbie GentryAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1942
Larry SemonAmerican actor, director, producer, and screenw… · b. 1889
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Van Vleet’s post office has been open since 1891.

Gone or out of use
Rhodes ChurchchurchThorton Hill SchoolschoolVan Vleet Consolidated High Schoolschool

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

Questions about Van Vleet’s history

What year was Van Vleet founded?

The Van Vleet post office opened in 1891, 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.