Area 7: La Crosse

Area 7: La Crosse

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Churches

Little Bethel Church
New Testament Church
La Crosse Baptist

La Crosse Methodist, Mar 2004

Cemeteries

Town Cemetery: La Crosse Cemetery

Butterworth Family Cemetery
Gee-Walker Family Cemetery
Little Bethel Church Cemetery
Northington & Montgomery Family Cemetery
Perkinson Smelley Walker Dortch Family Cemetery
Walker Cemetey

Post Offices

Schools

Booker Boyd school
La Crosse elementary, present day

Stores & Other Places

1902 Banner’s Warehouse sold leaf tobacco
1902 People’s Warehouse sold leaf tobacco
Black Spring by Avent’s Creek, was a resort pre-1870
La Crosse Mill
Cheatham’s Store
The Bank of La Crosse
LaCrosse train depot

News Clippings & History

Clipped from The Daily Times (Richmond, Virginia) 09 Feb 1901 • Page 5

La Crosse became an incorporated town in Mecklenburg County in 1901. This brief line in the newspaper (above) listed what was on the court calendar for the next session. This notice was printed 9 Feb 1901, so La Crosse probably officially became a town in February or March 1901, depending on when court was held. The area was known as La Crosse before officially becoming a town (incorporation). La Crosse and it’s name are an interesting thing. It’s spelled like the sport of lacrosse. I’ve seen newspaper articles debating on whether the spelling is one word or two. But people can agree that the name comes from the town being located where two railroad lines crossed. I’ve read in some places the two lines were: The Atlantic and the Danville Railway lines. This news article below says the Seabord Air Line and Southern Rail Ways. My ancestors who were in what is known today as the Bracey area, were earlier referred to in newspapers and the Census as living in La Crosse.

I really enjoyed this article written in 1902, a year after the town’s incorporation. It describes the buildings, economy, things sold, tobacco industry, lists a population of 500, and names the school and the principal.