CURRENT AND FORMER STATIONS, TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES LOCATED ON THE KOSCIUSKO & SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY

ALBERT'S
Albert's, also known as Albert's Spur is located at Mile Post 1.19. It is named for Mr. Art Albert, a former bridge supervisor on the Aberdeen District of the Illinois Central Railroad. Mr. Albert retired in the late 1970's or early 1980's and died about a year later. The spur was named in his honor after his death.

APONAUG
This community one mile west of downtown Kosciusko is located at Mile Post 17.25. The Kosciusko Cotton Mill was located at this location. The name of the mill was later changed to the Aponaug Manufacturing Company. The Aponaug Manufacturing Company was incorporated on March 12, 1914. The incorporators were J. W. Sanders of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and L. D. Oldham and J. G. Smythe of Kosciusko, Mississippi. The company was authorized to issue $125,000 in stock with a par value of $100.00. The period of existence for the company was not to exceed 50 years and the company was authorized to manufacture, buy, sell and in every way deemed fit to handle and deal in any and all articles made wholly or in part of cotton, wood, jute, hemp, silk, grass and fiber goods, wares and merchandise. The company was prohibited from having title or interest in farming or to do farming business.

BOYETTE
Boyette, also known as Boyette's Crossing, is located at Mile Post 3. The community was established between 1830 and 1840 by Jasper Boyette. In 1914 a Post Office was opened here with the name Bodone because Boyette was already being used somewhere else in Mississippi. When the Post Office closed in 1920 the name reverted back to Boyette. On some timetables the name is spelled as Boyett or Boyett's.

McADAMS
Located at Mile Post 11.42, McAdams is seven miles southeast of Kosciusko. The community was formed prior to 1840 and named for J. W. McAdams.

MUNSON'S CROSSING
Dr. Henry Munson was practicing medicine in Kosciusko prior to 1837. He built a home three miles east of Kosciusko in 1860 and the area became known as Munson. The home was burned by an arsonist on June 13, 1975. When the railroad built eastward in 1883, it crossed the old Knox highway on land owned by Dr. Munson. This location became known as Munson's Crossing and is located at Mile Post 21.16

PLANTATION
In 1919 a sawmill was built by a Mr. Alford between Munson and Ethel. To serve the mill the railroad built a siding on land that was part of Judge McCool's Plantation. The station was called Plantation and served until the mill closed in 1923. This station was at Mile Post 23.5 on the portion of the line that was abandoned in the 1980's.

SALLIS (I.C. telegraph call sign SA)
Sallis, located at Mile Post 7 is named for Dr. James D. Sallis (some records list him as James G. Sallis). Dr. Sallis was the original owner of the town site. The railroad arrived in 1870 and the town was established in 1874. The town was incorporated on March 4, 1875. In 1883 the town is recorded as having a large depot with a freight house and cotton platform. Court for the town was regularly held on the cotton platform. In 1925 the Sallis Lumber Company was shipping 40 cars of lumber a month. At the time the town had 1 bank, 1 cafe, 1 barber shop, 7 dry goods and grocery stores, 2 garages and filling stations, 1 blacksmith, 1 gin, 2 grist mills, and Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches.

THWEATT
When the railroad arrived at Mile Post 14.13 in 1883, a flag stop called Thweatt's Crossing was established. The stop was named after Uriah Thweatt (pronounced Threet). In 1902 a Post Office was established with the name of Pleasant. When the Post Office closed in 1917 the area reverted to using the Thweatt name.

KOSCIUSKO (I.C. telegraph call sign G)

TELEGRAPH CALL SIGNS

The following is a list of Illinois Central Railroad telegraph call signs for stations on the line not listed above. These are stations on portions of the line that was removed in 1980 or are currently operated by the Kansas City Southern or Canadian National Railroads. This list was as of May 1, 1929.

*McCool is reported to have used the Call Sign JI in later years.
**Starkville is reported to have used the Call Sign O in later years.

April 14, 2001