Cleveland, Mississippi
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Cleveland is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 13,841 at the 2000 census.
It is best known as the home of Delta State University. In addition, Cleveland has a fairly large commercial economy, with numerous restaurants, stores, and services along U.S. Highway 61. The city is served by a 5-day a week newspaper called The Bolivar Commercial and a twice-weekly, including Sunday morning, newspaper called The Cleveland News Leader [1].
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[edit] History
Named after President Grover Cleveland, the town began formation in 1869 as people moved inland from the Mississippi River. The Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad ran through the town and a portion of the railroad remains there today. Early records show the community was called Fontaine in 1884 and at some point Coleman's Station. Moses W. Coleman built the first home on the bayou in the area. In 1885, it was officially named Sims after Rueben T. Sim, who owned part of the land on which the town stood. The village of Cleveland was chartered on March 25, 1886, and the United States Post Office recognized the town as such on August 5, 1887. It was Sims' son, B.C. Sims, who was responsible for the name change to Cleveland.
[edit] Geography
Cleveland is located at (33.742027, -90.726548)GR1 and is almost perfectly flat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.9 km² (7.3 mi²), all land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 13,841 people, 4,718 households, and 3,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 731.1/km² (1,892.2/mi²). There were 4,988 housing units at an average density of 263.5/km² (681.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 49.90% White, 48.26% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.99% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.94% of the population.
There were 4,718 households out of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.9% were married couples living together, 21.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.21.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 20.2% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 83.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $29,466, and the median income for a family was $40,242. Males had a median income of $32,979 versus $23,643 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,585. About 18.1% of families and 25.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.4% of those under age 18 and 28.8% of those age 65 or over.
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[edit] Famous residents
- Bobby Bradford (jazz trumpeter, b. 1934)
- Sank Powe (Famous baseball coach, author, MLB scout, civil rights trailblazer)
- Floyd "Pork Chop" Womack (NFL football player, b. 1978)
- Ken Lucas (NFL football player, b. 1979)
- Dave "Boo" Ferriss (1945 American League rookie of the year, famed college baseball coach)
- Thomas Harris (author of series of novels featuring Hannibal Lecter)
[edit] External links
- Cleveland, Mississippi Chamber of Commerce
- Mississippi Teacher Corps
- Delta K-9 Search and Rescue Unit
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
