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Walls Information
Walls, is a town located in northwest DeSoto County, Mississippi near the
Mississippi River, part of the larger region known as “The Delta”, and known for
its rich, dark soil.
A relatively young community, Walls was originally named Alpika, an old
Chickasaw Indian word. The name was changed to Walls in 1906.
Walls was named after Captain June Walls who served in the War Between the
States. Captain Walls was an early settler and merchant of the region in the
1880s.
The historic trail of Hernando de Soto leads through DeSoto County to Walls.
Today, Walls is a community rich in agriculture. Cotton, soybeans, rice and corn
are planted each spring. The railroad played a big part in the growth of the
area in the early to mid 1900s. The mechanical revolution of the 1950’s and 60’s
changed Walls. With the advent of tractors and modern farming equipment, the
face of this community was changed forever.
The town is home to noted blues singer Memphis Minnie, who came from Algiers,
Louisiana to play the Memphis Beale Street circuit in 1904. She won top female
vocalist in the first Blue’s Unlimited Reader’s Poll in 1973. In 1980, she was
elected to the Hall of Fame at the inaugural W.C. Handy Awards. Memphis Minnie
died August 6, 1973 and is buried in New Hope Cemetery in Walls. Her headstone
was made possible by contributions from Bonnie Raitt and John Fogerty.
A significant part of the community is the Sacred Heart League, operator of the
Sacred Heart School in Walls. The league raised funds through the sale of a
famous statue of Jesus Christ. In the 1960’s, the statue could be found on the
dashboards of vehicles across America.
The Town of Walls, which has been a community since the early 1900's, is
inexorably connected to the tiny village of Memphis which was incorporated in
the early 1970's and is located just south of the Walls community. In 2003, the
Village of Memphis annexed a large portion of the Walls area, thereby giving the
Town of Walls the official status of a municipality. Today Walls is experiencing
a population and economic resurgence and under the leadership of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen.
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