Monticello, Mississippi

Monticello, Mississippi
Town
Lawrence County Courthouse in Monticello
Flag Logo
Motto:  "A river of possibilities" [1]
Location of Monticello, Mississippi
Monticello, Mississippi Location in the United States
Coordinates: 31°33′15″N90°6′36″W / 31.55417°N 90.11000°W / 31.55417; -90.11000
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Lawrence
Area [2]
• Total	4.26 sq mi (11.04 km2)
• Land	4.17 sq mi (10.80 km2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.24 km2)
Elevation	194 ft (59 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,441
• Density	345.48/sq mi (133.39/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39654
Area code	601
FIPS code	28-48560
GNIS feature ID	0673748
Website	www.monticello.ms.gov

Monticello is a town in and the county seat of Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States. ^[3] The population was 1,571 at the 2010 census. ^[4]

Geography

Monticello is in central Lawrence County, on the west side of the Pearl River. U.S. Route 84 runs through the north side of the town on a four-lane bypass. US 84 leads east 15 miles (24 km) to Prentiss and west 22 miles (35 km) to Interstate 55 in Brookhaven. Mississippi Highway 27 passes through the west side of Monticello, leading north 37 miles (60 km) to Crystal Springs and south 33 miles (53 km) to Tylertown.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Monticello has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11.0 km²), of which 4.2 square miles (10.8 km²) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²), or 2.17%, are water. ^[5]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1860	221		—
1870	200		−9.5%
1910	450		—
1920	464		3.1%
1930	606		30.6%
1940	802		32.3%
1950	1,382		72.3%
1960	1,432		3.6%
1970	1,790		25.0%
1980	1,834		2.5%
1990	1,755		−4.3%
2000	1,726		−1.7%
2010	1,571		−9.0%
2020	1,441		−8.3%
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

Monticello racial composition as of 2020 ^[7]

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	894	62.04%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	468	32.48%
Asian	10	0.69%
Pacific Islander	1	0.07%
Other/Mixed	38	2.64%
Hispanic or Latino	30	2.08%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,441 people, 640 households, and 350 families residing in the town.

Education

The town of Monticello is served by the Lawrence County School District. The district is under the supervision of Superintendent Tammy Fairburn, who took office in 2012. ^[8]

Notable people

• Richard Olney Arrington, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1950-1963 ^[9]
• Erick Dampier, NBA center
• Katherine Ettl, sculptor ^[10]
• Major Everett, former NFL running back
• Cindy Hyde-Smith, United States Senator ^[11]
• Al Jefferson, forward/center for the NBA Indiana Pacers
• Kendra King, Miss Mississippi USA 2006
• J. B. Lenoir, blues singer
• Charles Lynch, 8th and 11th Governor of Mississippi ^[12]
• Henry Mayson, former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and attended the 1868 Mississippi Constitutional Convention ^[13]
• Harvey McGehee, former member of the Mississippi State Senate and justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi ^[14] from 1937 to 1964
• Jim Pace, professional racing driver ^[15]
• Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education
• Neville Patterson, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1962 to 1986 ^[16]
• Rosalind Peychaud, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives ^[17]
• Hiram Runnels, 9th Governor of Mississippi ^[18]
• George Washington Russell, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives 1916 to 1924 ^[19]
• Francis M. Sheppard, former member of the Mississippi State Senate and Mississippi House of Representatives ^[20]
• Byther Smith, blues singer
• T. B. Stamps, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the Louisiana State Senate ^[21]
• William Sutton Sr., former President of Mississippi Valley State University ^{[22] [23]}
• Matthew Wells, American football linebacker ^[24]

See also

• Mississippi portal

• Atwood Music Festival

References

1. "Town of Monticello, MS". Town of Monticello. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
2. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
3. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
4. "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Monticello town, Mississippi". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
5. "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Mississippi". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
7. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
8. Lawrence County District Superintendent Archived December 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 4, 2014
9. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Archives and History. p. 21. ISBN   9780871522214.
10. "Katherine Speed Ettl". The Northside Sun. Jackson, Mississippi. January 14, 1993. p. 6. Retrieved January 7, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
11. Criss, Jack (October 7, 2020). "Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith". Delta Business Journal. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
12. "Lawrence County Mississippi Genealogy & History Network". Mississippi Genealogy & History Network. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
13. Riley, Franklin (1910). Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. Jackson, Mississippi: University of Mississippi. p. 175.
14. The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi: Department of Archives and History. 1917. p. 765.
15. "Jim Pace". Lawrence County Press. November 24, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
16. Payne, Mary Libby (1994). "The Mississippi Judiciary Commission Revisited: Judicial Administration: An Idea Whose Time Has Come". Mississippi College Law Review. 14 (2): 426. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
17. "A Proclamation By Governor Ronnie Musgrove" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
18. Rothman, Joshua D. (2012). Flush times and fever dreams : a story of capitalism and slavery in the age of Jackson. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. p. 236. ISBN   978-0-8203-4466-9. OCLC   820011226.
19. Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 4. Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Archives and History. p. 851.
20. Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 4. Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Archives and History. p. 516.
21. "Ex-Senator Stamps - Death of a Colored Man Prominent in Republican Politics". The Times-Democrat. November 28, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
22. "Dillard University | the Sutton Legacy".
23. "Gallery of Presidents". March 20, 2015.
24. "Matthew Wells". Hail State. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 7, 2023.

External links

• Official website