Town of
MEADVILLE
County Seat of
Franklin County, Mississippi
MEADVILLE, "the county seat of Franklin County, is situated at the geographical center of the county on Morgan's Fork, an affluent of the Homochitto River and 10 miles east of Roxie, the nearest railroad station. Gloster is the nearest banking town. The town became the seat of justice about 1820, the original county seat having been located at Franklin about 2 1/2 miles to the west. It was named for Cowles Mead, second Secretary of the Territory. It ships cotton and molasses. The Franklin Advocate, a Democratic Weekly, was established here in 1891, and is edited and published by Butler & Co. Population in 1900, 250." From Mississippi Vol. 2 L-Z by Dunbar Rowland, 1907, page 215.
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