It lies within the De Soto National Forest and was a stop on the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (G&SIRR).

[3] William Henry Bucklew, who became mayor of Laurel, Mississippi and published the Southern Baptist News, was born in Maxie.

[7] Camp and Hinton Company built a rail line for forest products terminating in Maxie.

[8] Operation of the line changed hands several times and varied from forest products to freight and passengers.

[9] Once the virgin pine resource was exhausted in south Mississippi, small towns like Maxie, that depended on commerce in forest products, faded rapidly.