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- <h2>Woodville highlighted in Travel South USA Magazine</h2>
Woodville, Miss. - Another small historic town that is proud of its authenticity is Woodville, located in the southwest corner of Mississippi, about 35 miles South of Natchez.
"The great thing about the town is it is authentic," said Polly Roseblatt, manager of the Woodville/Wilkinson County Main Street Association. "What attracts is we are real."
An aggressive effort over the past 40 years has helped preserve more than 240 historic structures in the town of some 1,200 people, which was settled in the late 1700s. Many of the local businesses, such as a bakery to a florist, are located in the historic buildings, and 200-year-old live oak trees shade handmade brick sidewalks around the courthouse square.
"It gives the town a real quaint atmosphere and look," said Rosenblatt. "You can park your car and have all your business done within a 10-minute walk."
A good way for groups to take a step back in time is at the Pond Store, just west of town. The store, whose building dates from 1881, features hardwood floors, long rows of wooden shelves, display cases and a wooden bench on the front porch.
"It is still operated as a store, but is is practically a museum," said Rosenblatt. "It's as if nothing has changed in all those years."
"It is only 300 yards from the Clark Creek Nature Trail," said Sandy Bynum, manager of communications and marketing for the Mississippi Division of Tourism. "All these nature lovers planning to take a hike stop in the store to get a sack lunch. It's almost like something out of National Geographic."
The 700-acre Clark Creek Nature Trail is a state park on the steep Loess Bluffs with more than 50 waterfalls.
Also nearby, the Rosemont Plantation, the family home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, is open for tours.
"There is a great antiques area downtown, and the plantation gives it a whole different kind of feel," said Bynum. "I even stop at the cemetery."
www.woodvillemainstreet.com, (601) 888-3998
Excerpt adapted from "Small Wonders" article in Travel South's 2010 Travel South Tour Planner.
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