Myrtle, MS

Myrtle began as Candy Hill about two miles south of the present town in 1857. After the Civil War, the settlement took the name Myrtle when it applied for a post office, a reference to the myrtle trees growing in the area. The Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad later shifted the town north to its current site, leaving Myrtle with a history shaped by both an older inland settlement and the rail corridor that followed. Today the town sits northwest of New Albany along Mississippi Highway 178, in the rolling landscape of Union County.

Myrtle’s daily calendar is closely tied to the Union County School District and Myrtle Attendance Center, whose Hawks teams and school events give the town a recurring rhythm across grades. The current school page presents Myrtle Attendance Center as an A-rated school, and local sports coverage follows Myrtle football and softball. Countywide services, roads, and New Albany’s larger commercial center fill out the practical geography. Myrtle’s location makes sense through those links: a small town with its own school community, a rail-era origin story, and a regular connection to the county seat.