Centreville, Mississippi

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Centreville
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Wilkinson County Mississippi Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Centreville Highlighted.svg
Location of Centreville, Mississippi
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Centreville
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Centreville
Centreville (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°5′9″N91°3′54″W / 31.08583°N 91.06500°W / 31.08583; -91.06500
Country United States
State Mississippi
Counties Wilkinson, Amite
Area
[1]
 • Total2.32 sq mi (6.00 km2)
 • Land2.32 sq mi (6.00 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
384 ft (117 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,258
 • Density543.18/sq mi (209.72/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39631
Area code 601
FIPS code 28-12740
GNIS feature ID0668288
Website townofcentrevillems.org

Centreville is a town in Amite and Wilkinson counties, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the McComb, Mississippi micropolitan statistical area. Its population was 1,258 in 2020. [2]

Contents

Bethany Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Centreville, built in 1855, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

The town was incorporated in 1880, and it was a small settlement in the years prior. In 1880, the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley R.R. ran along the border between Wilkinson and Amite counties. Because the station was approximately midway between Liberty and Woodville and about midway between Natchez and Baton Rouge, it was appropriately named Centreville. [3]

Geography

Centreville is located within Wilkinson County, with a portion in adjacent Amite County. In the 2000 census, 1,433 of the town's 1,680 residents (85.3%) lived in Wilkinson County and 247 (14.7%) in Amite County. [4]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900 590—
1910 86546.6%
1920 161−81.4%
1930 134−16.8%
1940 1,163767.9%
1950 2,02574.1%
1960 1,229−39.3%
1970 1,81948.0%
1980 1,8441.4%
1990 1,771−4.0%
2000 1,680−5.1%
2010 1,6840.2%
2020 1,258−25.3%
U.S. Decennial Census [5]
Centreville racial and ethnic composition as of 2020 [2]
RaceNum.Perc.
White 32225.6%
Black or African American 89771.3%
Native American 30.24%
Asian 10.08%
Other/Mixed 292.31%
Hispanic or Latino 60.48%

According to the 2020 United States census, there were 1,258 people, 724 households, and 374 families residing in the town; the racial and ethnic composition of the town was 71.3% Black and African American, 25.6% non-Hispanic white, 0.24% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 2.31% multiracial or of another race/ethnicity, and 0.48% Hispanic or Latino of any race in 2020. [2] According to the 2020 American Community Survey, its median household income was $30,682. [6]

Education

Most of Centreville is served by the Wilkinson County School District, [7] although the portion that lies in Amite County is served by the Amite County School District. [8]

Private schools:

Both Amite and Wilkinson counties are in the district of Southwest Mississippi Community College. [9]

Notable people

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  2. 1 2 3 "2020 Race and Population Totals". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
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  7. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Wilkinson County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  8. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Amite County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved April 25, 2022.
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