Verona’s post office opened in 1857, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 28% of U.S. towns · #69 of 100 in Mississippi. What drives it
Most of Verona was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Its Register listing is the Raymond House. Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1880.
Founding year: the first Verona post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Verona’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Verona is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #69 of 100 in Mississippi. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Verona’s overall grade.
Mississippi towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Mississippi town has 71.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Verona’s 3.6 sits near the middle of its state (45% of Mississippi towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±2.6 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Verona’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Founded on April 16, 1857, during construction of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and named for Verona, Italy; the town was chartered on July 18, 1860. During the Civil War, Verona was a Confederate supply depot and training camp. On December 25, 1864, Verona was raided by Federal Brigadier-General Benjamin Grierson's cavalry. In 1876, the first bank in Lee County (later known as BancorpSouth) was chartered here. Peoples Bank and the Bank of Mississippi also have roots in Verona. Elvis Presley's parents were married here in 1933.
The Verona post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Verona rank for history?
Verona is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #69 of 100 in Mississippi. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Verona?
One place: the Raymond House (listed 2025).
How old are the homes in Verona?
3% of Verona’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.6 points), against a typical 4.5% for a Mississippi town; the median home was built in 1977.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.
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