Morgan City, Mississippi
Morgan City, Mississippi | ||
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FIPS code 28-48800 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 0673809 |
Morgan City, Mississippi is a town in
Geography
Morgan City is located in southern Leflore County at 33°22′47″N 90°20′59″W / 33.37972°N 90.34972°W (33.379637, -90.349713).[3] Via Highway 7 it is 10 miles (16 km) south of Itta Bena and 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Belzoni. Greenwood, the Leflore county seat, is 16 miles (26 km) to the northeast of Morgan City.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2), all land.[4] The town is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the Yazoo River. Leflore County is part of the Mississippi Delta region.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1970 | 207 | — | |
1980 | 319 | 54.1% | |
1990 | 139 | −56.4% | |
2000 | 305 | 119.4% | |
2010 | 255 | −16.4% | |
2020 | 207 | −18.8% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[5] |
As of the
As of the
There were 98 households, out of which 41.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.7% were married couples living together, 40.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 3.56.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 36.1% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 69.6 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $19,219, and the median income for a family was $17,917. Males had a median income of $20,375 versus $13,929 for females. The
Notable person
- Stewart Patridge, Conerly Trophy winning quarterback from the University of Mississippi
Education
It is in the
The town was served by the Leflore County School District.[7] Effective July 1, 2019 this district consolidated into the Greenwood-Leflore School District.[8]
Musical significance
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, founded in 1909 in the "Shellmound" area on the eastern edge of Morgan City, is the site of a large memorial marker (
References
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Morgan City town, Mississippi". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Mississippi". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Archived(PDF) from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
- ^ Andrew Buncombe (October 8, 2003). "I've never felt more like singin' the blues". The Independent.