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Vaiden was founded in 1859 and named after Dr. Cowles Mead Vaiden (04/21/1812 – 02/06/1880), a local doctor, planter, and philanthropist. In the late 1850s, Dr. Vaiden gave the right-of-way through his land to construct the last span of the Central Railroad to connect the state capital, Jackson, Mississippi, with Memphis, Tennessee. Around the railroad’s completion in 1857, the population that had settled at the former Choctaw Indian town of Shongalo was moved to the east to allow for better access to the railroad.
The new town was named in honor of Dr. Vaiden and was made a regular stop on the railroad line. For that reason, it was designated as the county seat of Carroll County. Vaiden was incorporated on February 10, 1860. With the county's additional population development, residents wanted access to a town closer to the Mississippi River. Carrollton, Mississippi, was also designated as a county seat and is the site of the county courthouse.
Source: https://visitcarroll.org/vaiden/
Historic Vaiden High School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The Vaiden High School is prominently located in on its own block near the center Vaiden, Mississippi, approximately one block from Vaiden City Hall at 504 Mulberry Street. The main school building sits on a slight rise well back from the road. Surrounding buildings are primarily residential. The main school building is a two and a half story, U-plan symmetrical structure, constructed of poured monolithic concrete with a low slope roof hidden behind parapet walls. It has had no changes to the outside of the building and only very insignificant changes inside. A one-story wood frame vocational building is located at the southeast comer of the site.
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