Louise

History

Louise was initially established following land purchases made during the 1840s and 1850s, including property acquired by James S. Reid in 1852. The town developed after William H. Reid and his wife, Sallie Luse Reid, conveyed a 100 foot strip of land to the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad on 28 April 1905. Reid subsequently laid out a settlement beside the railway, named it for his daughter, Louise Reid Rainer, and recorded the town plat in Yazoo County on 3 February 1906. Railway access attracted new residents and timber businesses, including the Barr Holaday and Bellgrade lumber companies, for whose employees housing was constructed. In 1918, Louise became part of the newly established Humphreys County, having previously been situated in Yazoo County. The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad’s Silver City to Kelso branch, which passed through Louise, closed in 1940.

Geography

Louise is located in southern Humphreys County along Silver Creek in the Mississippi Delta region. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Louise has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Great Egret

  Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  253
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  244
• Killdeer

  Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  226
• Great Blue/Cocoi Heron

  Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  224
• Least Sandpiper

  Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) · Aves
  206
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  204
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  204
• Double-crested Cormorant

  Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831) · Aves
  197

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2024-11-28
  12 km SE of Canton, Mississippi
• M 2.8 — 2019-08-09
  Mississippi
• M 3.7 — 2019-01-08
  8 km WNW of Hollandale, Mississippi
• M 2.6 — 2015-08-17
  9 km N of Madison, Mississippi
• M 3.2 — 2015-06-29
  6 km SSW of Canton, Mississippi
• M 3 — 2015-05-03
  8 km WSW of Canton, Mississippi