Woodville, Mississippi

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Woodville, Mississippi
Town
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Wilkinson County Courthouse in Woodville
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Location of Woodville, Mississippi
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Woodville, Mississippi
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 31°6′10″N91°17′59″W / 31.10278°N 91.29972°W / 31.10278; -91.29972
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Wilkinson
Government
 • MayorKeisha Stewart-Ford
Area
[1]
 • Total1.04 sq mi (2.68 km2)
 • Land1.04 sq mi (2.68 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
404 ft (123 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total928
 • Density895.75/sq mi (345.83/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39669
Area code 601
FIPS code 28-81120
GNIS feature ID0679870
Website www.woodvillems.org

Woodville is one of the oldest towns in Mississippi and is the county seat of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States. [2] Its population as of 2020 was 928. [3]

Contents

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1880 965—
1890 950−1.6%
1900 1,0439.8%
1910 1,23318.2%
1920 1,012−17.9%
1930 1,11310.0%
1940 1,43328.8%
1950 1,60912.3%
1960 1,85615.4%
1970 1,734−6.6%
1980 1,512−12.8%
1990 1,393−7.9%
2000 1,192−14.4%
2010 1,096−8.1%
2020 928−15.3%
U.S. Decennial Census [4]
Woodville racial composition as of 2020 [3]
RaceNum.Perc.
Black or African American 67772.95%
White 21723.38%
Other/Mixed 262.8%
Hispanic or Latino 50.54%
Native American 20.22%
Asian 10.11%

Per the 2020 United States census, there were 928 people, 386 households, and 277 families residing in the town; its racial composition was 77.95% black, 22.38% non-Hispanic white, 0.22% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 2.8% other or mixed, and 0.54% Hispanic or Latino of any race. [3]

Education

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Wilkinson County High School

Wilkinson County School District serves Woodville. There are three education facilities near Woodville: Wilkinson County Elementary School, Wilkinson County High School, and the private school Wilkinson County Christian Academy, which was established in 1969 as a segregation academy. [5]

Media

The Woodville Republican , a weekly newspaper founded in 1823, is the oldest surviving business (and thus the oldest newspaper) in Mississippi. [6]

Notable people

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References

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  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ Dangerfileld, Celnisha. "Mapping Race, School Segregation, and Black Identities in Woodville, Mississippi: A Case Study of a Rural Community". Journal of Rural Community Psychology - Mapping Race. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009.
  6. ↑ r2WPadmin. "Woodville Republican". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Willard, Frances, and Mary Livermore, eds. A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks Of Life. New York: Moulton, 1893, p. 48.
  8. ↑ "Rep. Rodnette Bethley "Ronnie" Edwards". The Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ This Day in Aviation, 6 Apr 1924
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