D'Lo, MS

scheduled Events

D'Lo "The War Years" WWII
​Finkbine: The Boom Years
Saturday, June 1, 2024
10AM - 11AM
D'Lo Community Center
D'Lo, MS
Bicentennial Memorabilia Exhibit
Saturday, June 1, 2024
11AM - 2PM
D'Lo Community Center
D'Lo, MS

SMALL TOWN BIG MAYOR
Bringing D'Lo back to the big screen

Premiering in 2017, Mayor Berry brought international attention back to D'Lo, MS, with a lead role as Mayor Berry, featuring a plan to "Save the Community Center".
Featuring: Mayor John Henry Berry and residents of D'Lo, and the surrounding Simpson County Communities.

D'Lo HISTORY

​W. R. May 1900 "Founder" of D'Lo
Owner of the D'Lo Post Office and the lands that would become the village of D'Lo; and Simpson County Supervisor. One of his favorite foods was Strong River fish. According to T. L. Mendenhall's 1889 history, Mr. May, "availed himself of the water fall by keeping a fish trap at this place, which at times furnishes him with more fish than he needs for home consumption, which is generally donated to his neighbors and friends."
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​The town of D'Lo was founded by R. W. May on March 1, 1900, when a town plat was registered with the Simpson County Board of Supervisors, March 1, 1900. On August 16, 1901, a village by the name "D'Lo" was incorporated and boundaries identified by the Governor of Mississippi.
 The Unpublished Photographs of D'Lo, May 1942
Life Magazine
Of the town's population of about 400, around 150 males served in the Armed Forces during World War II. About 46 volunteers also served prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. So many citizens served in the war that the town's story was featured in the July 6, 1942 edition of Life magazine. The story featured a picture of two young boys standing in the deserted streets of D'Lo with the headline, "D'Lo Men Have Gone Off to War", with a caption that stated, "There is a war and a country is in danger. When that happens the men drop what they are doing and go off from the deep southern hamlet of D'Lo, Miss." A monument located at the town's community center lists the D'Lo citizens who served during the war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Lo,_Mississippi