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Overhearing those working on the railroad discuss the name of the town, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Morgan quickly remarked, “Seems to me it should be called
Morgantown with all the Morgans a livin’ here!” By 1908, the name Morgantown was used by the community and the local newspaper. The Post Office officially changed its place name from Claude to Morgantown, on February 27, 1915.
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Volunteer Fire Department organized in 1974 with Ken Morgan as its first fire chief. Fire department volunteers built a tanker truck and by 1976 built their first permanent fire station. A 500-gallon per minute pumper was secured in 1978. A new fire house was built in 2001, and also serves
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Association was established in 1963 as the second rural water association in Mississippi through the efforts of local resident, Cleveland Sedgie Morgan, with the initial system including “service to 62 businesses and homes, a 10,000-gallon storage tank and six fire hydrants,” and the
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home on the banks of the Pearl River. Baylor traveled to
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because of his preaching and left for dead on the main road in
Morgantown, but he made a full recovery. Morgantown served as state headquarters for the Church of God in Mississippi from 1918-20, 1923-25, 1928-32, and 1937-39 and hosted many state camp meetings and conventions. In 1933, Reverend R.R.
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Orleans Great Northern line at milepost 109.61 from New Orleans.
488:; Chapter I, Formation, Early Settlements; "Lamar County, Mississippi Genealogy and History;" Geoghehan, Kemp and Wells; “Goodspeed’s” Volume 1, pg. 190; 1813 Tax Roll for Marion County, Mississippi; Marion County, Mississippi 1816 Territorial Census; 1820 Marion County, Mississippi Census;
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