Early Development: Braxton has its origins in the
late nineteenth century, the community having formed
around the medical.clinic and subsequent residence
of Dr. E. L. Standifer, who moved his family from the
Cato Community. When a post of…
The flags of four nations—five, including the Confederate States of America—have flown over the territory that is now Simpson County. While the Spanish
explorer DeSoto passed through Mississippi in the mid-1500s, the French
explore…