[2] Robert Baylor, a Revolutionary War veteran and contractor originally from Virginia, was hired by LeNoir to construct a plantation home on the banks of the Pearl River.

[6] James Austin "Jim" Morgan opened a Post Office in his store in 1904,[7] enlisting the help of William B. Russell, who used his political connections to secure the deal.

[8] The Post Office remained in the Morgan family store until it was closed in 1993 and all local residents placed on the rural route.

The community is permitted to retain the place name of Morgantown in its official mailing address while sharing the 39483 Zip Code with nearby Foxworth.

[9] The railroad made its way through the community soon after the turn of the 20th century, with a local train depot constructed a few years later in 1912.

[15] In 1917, Evans was beaten by White Caps because of his preaching and left for dead on the main road in Morgantown, but he made a full recovery.

[17] Morgantown also had the first brick sanctuary for the Church of God in Mississippi, built in 1945 to replace its original building.

It was a small, open-air structure made of iron bars and located on an area of land near the railroad tracks.

[22] By 1910, Dr. John G. Prine was the resident physician at Morgantown, soon after receiving his medical degree from the University of Tennessee in 1909.

He also served four years in the Mississippi Legislature as a Representative and taught in the public schools of Marion and adjoining counties.

It is located at 1449 Highway 587 across from Morgantown Church of God and next to the store once owned by Feldon "Bud" Morgan.