Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Winstonville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1969 on and the census since 1930.
Winstonville first appears in the census in 1930. Another post office, Chambers (1911), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Winstonville’s history is told.
Peaked at 536 in 1970; 153 people lived here in 2020.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Winstonville’s Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Winstonville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Winstonville is a town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 153.
Its first post office opened in 1930. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 191 to 153 (-20%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Winstonville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Winstonville.
Nobody well known was born in Winstonville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Winstonville’s post office has been open since 1951. Another post office, Chambers, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Winstonville post office opened in 1930, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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, 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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