On U.S. 98 at Owens Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 98.
S.A. (Sandy) Simmons, a local entrepreneur, built this Queen Anne Style home in 1904. Simmons operated a mercantile store, saw mill, cotton gin, post office, grist mill, and farm in the Mesa community. In 1910 Governor Earl L. Brewer appointed . . . — — Map (db m51631) HM
On State Highway 585, 0.5 miles south of China Grove Road, on the left when traveling south.
Founded October 4, 1836 on site purchased from a Baptist congregation. Present church built in 1854 at a cost of $100. China Grove Methodist Campground begin in 1878; first meeting Sept., 24-30, 1879. — — Map (db m115498) HM
On Broad Street at Bilbo Street, on the right when traveling east on Broad Street.
In June 1848, Benjamin Lampton and his brother-in-law Cullen Conerly established a post office here in Lampton's mercantile business. Situated on Dry Creek between Conerly's Mill and Tyler's Mill, the store and post office served as the social . . . — — Map (db m115476) HM
On Ball Avenue north of College Street, on the left when traveling north.
Founders Cemetery is located on land bought in 1819 by Joseph Thornhill, later owned by Cullen Conerly and then Ephraim Rushing. Early residents of Conerly's (later named Tylertown) are buried here, among them more than thirty children. Founders . . . — — Map (db m153080) HM
On Franklinton Street (State Road 27) south of North Railroad Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Tylertown/Walthall County railroad history
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad (GM&O) 1909
Liberty White Railroad (1911)
Fernwood, Columbia and Gulf (FC&G, next door) 1906 — — Map (db m243152) HM
On Ginntown Road, 0.5 miles east of East Lexie Road, on the right when traveling east.
The Walthall County Training School had its beginning in the 1870s when Isaac Ginn began to teach the local African American children to read and write in a small, one room, split-log cabin structure. Using Rosenwald Foundation funds this structure . . . — — Map (db m115535) HM