Meadville, Mississippi
| Meadville, Mississippi | |
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| Town | |
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| Coordinates: 31°28′23″N 90°53′27″W / 31.47306°N 90.89083°WCoordinates: 31°28′23″N 90°53′27″W / 31.47306°N 90.89083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Franklin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.1 sq mi (2.9 km2) |
| • Land | 1.1 sq mi (2.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 305 ft (93 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 519 |
| • Density | 469.2/sq mi (181.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 39653 |
| Area code(s) | 601 |
| FIPS code | 28-46200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0693939 |
Meadville is a town in Franklin County, Mississippi. The population was 519 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Franklin County[1]. The name is derived from Cowles Mead, a 19th Century political leader.
History
On May 2, 1964, Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee were picked up by Ku Klux Klan members while hitchhiking in Meadville, Mississippi. They were interrogated and tortured in a nearby forest, locked in a trunk of a car, driven across state lines, chained to a Jeep motor and train rails and dropped alive into the Mississippi River. Moore and Dee’s mangled torsos were discovered on July 12 and 13, 1964 amidst the frantic search for Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney, the three civil rights workers who disappeared June 21 in the “Mississippi Burning” case. When it was discovered that the bodies were those of two black men and not those of the civil rights workers, two of whom were white, media interest evaporated and the press moved on. While the FBI investigated the case and arrested two suspects, they were soon released and the case dropped by local authorities, some of whom were complicit in the crime according to FBI and HUAC documents.
Geography
Meadville is located at 31°28′23″N 90°53′27″W / 31.47306°N 90.89083°W (31.472998, -90.890856)[2].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), all land.
Demographics
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 519 people, 187 households, and 126 families residing in the town. The population density was 469.2 people per square mile (180.5/km²). There were 220 housing units at an average density of 198.9 per square mile (76.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 82.85% White, 15.41% African American, 0.77% Asian, and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.58% of the population.
There were 187 households out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the town the population was spread out with 18.5% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 20.2% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 32.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 82.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $31,750, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $28,542 versus $26,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,788. About 8.5% of families and 17.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.6% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The Town of Meadville is served by the Franklin County School District. Franklin County Elementary and a host of day cares and headstarts.
References
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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