Newton County, Mississippi
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Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
Newton County is a
History
The land that would become Newton County was purchased from the Choctaw under the terms of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Newton County was split off from the southern part of Neshoba County and organized on February 26, 1836.[3] The county is named for scientist Isaac Newton.[4][5]
The Battle of Newton's Station was fought in the county on April 24, 1863, during Grierson's Raid of the American Civil War. Union troops pulled up railroad tracks and burned the depot at Newton's Station.[6]
In February 1864,
On October 8, 1908, a black sharecropper named Shep Jones had a disagreement with his white employer, leading to the employer's death[
Geography
According to the
Major highways
- Interstate 20
- U.S. Highway 80
- Mississippi Highway 15
Adjacent counties
- Neshoba County (north)
- Lauderdale County (east)
- Jasper County (south)
- Scott County (west)
National protected area
- Bienville National Forest (part)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1840 | 2,527 | — | |
1850 | 4,465 | 76.7% | |
1860 | 9,661 | 116.4% | |
1870 | 10,067 | 4.2% | |
1880 | 13,436 | 33.5% | |
1890 | 16,625 | 23.7% | |
1900 | 19,708 | 18.5% | |
1910 | 23,085 | 17.1% | |
1920 | 20,727 | −10.2% | |
1930 | 22,910 | 10.5% | |
1940 | 24,249 | 5.8% | |
1950 | 22,681 | −6.5% | |
1960 | 19,517 | −14.0% | |
1970 | 18,983 | −2.7% | |
1980 | 19,944 | 5.1% | |
1990 | 20,291 | 1.7% | |
2000 | 21,838 | 7.6% | |
2010 | 21,720 | −0.5% | |
2020 | 21,291 | −2.0% | |
2023 (est.) | 21,019 | [10] | −1.3% |
U.S. Decennial Census[11] 1790-1960[12] 1900-1990[13] 1990-2000[14] 2010-2013[15] |
2020 census
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White
|
12,796 | 60.1% |
Black or African American
|
6,447 | 30.28% |
Native American
|
1,169 | 5.49% |
Asian
|
77 | 0.36% |
Other/Mixed
|
473 | 2.22% |
Latino
|
329 | 1.55% |
As of the
2000 census
As of the
There were 8,221 households, out of which 33.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.00% were married couples living together, 16.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.00% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.20% under the age of 18, 11.20% from 18 to 24, 26.00% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.70 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $28,735, and the median income for a family was $34,606. Males had a median income of $27,820 versus $20,757 for females. The
Communities
City
Towns
- Chunky
- Decatur (county seat)
- Hickory
- Lake (mostly in Scott County)
- Union (partly in Neshoba County)
Census-designated place
Unincorporated communities
Ghost towns
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 6,997 | 68.71% | 3,075 | 30.20% | 111 | 1.09% |
2016 | 6,548 | 69.38% | 2,756 | 29.20% | 134 | 1.42% |
2012 | 6,394 | 65.40% | 3,319 | 33.95% | 64 | 0.65% |
2008 | 6,579 | 66.76% | 3,218 | 32.65% | 58 | 0.59% |
2004 | 6,165 | 72.63% | 2,280 | 26.86% | 43 | 0.51% |
2000 | 5,540 | 71.59% | 2,147 | 27.75% | 51 | 0.66% |
1996 | 4,223 | 61.30% | 2,163 | 31.40% | 503 | 7.30% |
1992 | 5,128 | 65.69% | 2,146 | 27.49% | 532 | 6.82% |
1988 | 5,658 | 70.70% | 2,332 | 29.14% | 13 | 0.16% |
1984 | 5,911 | 73.23% | 2,127 | 26.35% | 34 | 0.42% |
1980 | 4,317 | 54.36% | 3,455 | 43.51% | 169 | 2.13% |
1976 | 3,813 | 57.00% | 2,741 | 40.97% | 136 | 2.03% |
1972 | 5,585 | 88.05% | 597 | 9.41% | 161 | 2.54% |
1968 | 542 | 7.85% | 799 | 11.58% | 5,561 | 80.57% |
1964 | 4,735 | 95.21% | 238 | 4.79% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 508 | 15.05% | 912 | 27.01% | 1,956 | 57.94% |
1956 | 360 | 11.52% | 2,359 | 75.46% | 407 | 13.02% |
1952 | 851 | 25.70% | 2,460 | 74.30% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 39 | 1.47% | 169 | 6.38% | 2,442 | 92.15% |
1944 | 56 | 2.18% | 2,516 | 97.82% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 41 | 1.61% | 2,495 | 98.27% | 3 | 0.12% |
1936 | 39 | 1.46% | 2,624 | 98.42% | 3 | 0.11% |
1932 | 56 | 2.41% | 2,253 | 97.11% | 11 | 0.47% |
1928 | 368 | 15.07% | 2,074 | 84.93% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 72 | 3.95% | 1,657 | 90.94% | 93 | 5.10% |
1920 | 108 | 7.73% | 1,208 | 86.41% | 82 | 5.87% |
1916 | 19 | 1.34% | 1,341 | 94.70% | 56 | 3.95% |
1912 | 6 | 0.47% | 1,197 | 94.62% | 62 | 4.90% |
Education
School districts include:[19]
Conehatta Elementary School of the Choctaw Tribal School System is in the community.[20]
See also
References
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Newton County, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ r2WPadmin. "Newton County". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 339.
- ^ "Newton County Mississippi". Newton County. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
- ^ "Grierson's Raid Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
- ^ "Boler's Inn Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
- ^ "Descendants of Lynching Victims Dedicate Historical Marker in Hickory, Mississippi". Equal Justice Initiative. August 19, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 9, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ "Home". Conehatta Elementary School. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
851 Tushka Drive Conehatta, MS 39057
Further reading
- A.J. Brown, History of Newton County, Mississippi from 1834 to 1894. Jackson, MS: Clarion-Ledger Co., 1894. • HTML version
- Nicholas Russell Murray, Newton County, Mississippi, 1872-1900. Hammond, LA: Hunting for Bears, 1981.
- Newton County Pictorial History Committee, Newton County, Mississippi: A Pictorial History. Humboldt, TN: Rose Publishing Co., 2000.