Starkville, Mississippi
Starkville, Mississippi | ||
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FIPS code 28-70240 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 0678227 | |
Website | City of Starkville |
Starkville is a city in, and the county seat of, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States.[5] Mississippi State University is a land-grant institution and is located partially in Starkville but primarily in an adjacent unincorporated area designated by the United States Census Bureau as Mississippi State, Mississippi. The population was 25,653 in 2019.[6] Starkville is the most populous city of the Golden Triangle region of Mississippi. The Starkville micropolitan statistical area includes all of Oktibbeha County.
The growth and development of Mississippi State in recent decades has made Starkville a marquee American college town. College students and faculty have created a ready audience for several annual art and entertainment events such as the Cotton District Arts Festival, Super Bulldog Weekend, and Bulldog Bash. The Cotton District, North America's oldest new urbanist community,[7] is an active student quarter and entertainment district located halfway between Downtown Starkville and the Mississippi State University campus.
History
The Starkville area has been inhabited for over 2,100 years. Artifacts in the form of clay pot fragments and artwork dating from that time period have been found east of Starkville at the Herman Mound and Village site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The village site can be accessed from the Indian Mound Campground. The earthwork mounds were made by early Native Americans of moundbuilder cultures as part of their religious and political cosmology.
Shortly before the American Revolutionary War period, the area was inhabited by the
Early 19th century
The modern European-American settlement of the Starkville area was started after the Choctaw inhabitants of
White settlers were drawn to the Starkville area because of two large springs near the old part of the town, which Native Americans had used for thousands of years. A mill on the
The first newspaper was founded in 1847. Originally titled The Starkville Whig, it was later renamed The Broad Ax.[10]
Reconstruction to the 20th century
In 1865, during reconstruction, the officer in charge of Starkville allowed a black man accused of raping a white girl to be lynched by running him down with hounds.[11]
In 1875 a fire destroyed 52 buildings. The entire business district was destroyed.[10]
A carpetbagger named McLaughlin, who served as the local head of the Freedmen's Bureau, assisted in the establishment of a black Methodist church and established a cooperative store for blacks in his home. This enraged the white citizens so the Klan attacked the store.[12]
On May 5, 1879, two black men who had been accused of burning a barn, Nevlin Porter and Johnson Spencer, were taken from the jail by a mob of men and hung from crossties of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.[13][14]
In 1888, a mob hanged an African-American man, Eli Bryant, for an alleged attack on a white woman.[15]
Several newspapers were founded in this time period, including The Starkville News in 1891. Early banks included The Peoples Bank in 1889 and Security State Bank in 1896.[10]
A yellow fever epidemic in 1898 resulted in a quarantine of Starkville's railroads by the towns of West Point, Columbus, Artesia and Kosciusko. This resulted in a depletion of medical and other supplies which ultimately resulted in intervention by the state.[16]
20th century
Before the Civil War, Colonel Montgomery imported cattle from the isle of Jersey, initiating the areas prominence as a dairy center. In 1912, the co-operative creamery was created, and in 1926 the Borden Condensary was established.[10]
In April 1912, Gabe (sometimes reported as Abe) Coleman, an African-American man was accused of attacking a farmer's wife and was shot to death by a mob. Nine men were tried for the murder.[17] In February 1912, another African-American man, Mann Hamilton, was murdered by a mob for allegedly attacking a woman.[18] Following an incident in which whites fired into a Republican Meeting at a church in Chapel Hill, Mississippi, killing a black man, a group of black men planned a march in Starkville. They were met at a bridge near the A & M dairy barn by white men from Starkville and West Point armed with cannon loaded with buckshot and iron.[19]
In 1915, two African-American men, Dit Seals and Peter Bolen,[20] were hanged in a public execution while a crowd of 5,000, including blacks and whites, and children watched and sang There is a Land of Pure Delight. The crowd ate lunch while the execution was being conducted. Vendors were on hand selling popcorn, soda pop and sandwiches. The men had been convicted of killing Willie Taylor, an African-American porter on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The story was widely reported as a "gala hanging" sponsored by the merchants of Starkville by various newspapers including the New York World and Chicago Tribune, while the Detroit Times described it as little better than a lynching.[21][22]
In 1922, Starkville was the site of a large rally of the Ku Klux Klan.[23]
In 1926 the Borden Condensery was established, the first condensery in the southern U.S. At the time, Starkville was served by two railroads, the
In 1970, several Black organizations organized a boycott or selective buying campaign. This was met with firebombings, and a crowd of African-Americans assembled near Henderson High School was broken up by gunfire.[25]
21st century
On March 21, 2006, Starkville became the first city in Mississippi to adopt a smoking ban for indoor public places, including restaurants and bars. This ordinance went into effect on May 20, 2006.[26]
In February 2018, Starkville denied a local LGBTQ organization a permit to host a pride parade. The organizers initiated legal action,[27] after which the city reversed its decision.[28] The parade was held in March 2018 with almost 3,000 attendees.[29]
Geography
According to the
Climate
Climate data for Starkville, Mississippi (Mississippi State University) 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1891–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 81 (27) |
88 (31) |
94 (34) |
93 (34) |
100 (38) |
105 (41) |
111 (44) |
108 (42) |
109 (43) |
99 (37) |
90 (32) |
82 (28) |
111 (44) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 54.1 (12.3) |
58.6 (14.8) |
66.8 (19.3) |
75.0 (23.9) |
82.5 (28.1) |
88.8 (31.6) |
91.7 (33.2) |
91.7 (33.2) |
86.8 (30.4) |
77.0 (25.0) |
65.4 (18.6) |
56.9 (13.8) |
74.6 (23.7) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 43.7 (6.5) |
47.4 (8.6) |
55.1 (12.8) |
63.2 (17.3) |
71.8 (22.1) |
78.9 (26.1) |
82.0 (27.8) |
81.2 (27.3) |
75.6 (24.2) |
64.3 (17.9) |
53.4 (11.9) |
46.4 (8.0) |
63.6 (17.6) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33.2 (0.7) |
36.2 (2.3) |
43.3 (6.3) |
51.3 (10.7) |
61.0 (16.1) |
69.0 (20.6) |
72.2 (22.3) |
70.7 (21.5) |
64.3 (17.9) |
51.7 (10.9) |
41.5 (5.3) |
35.9 (2.2) |
52.5 (11.4) |
Record low °F (°C) | −6 (−21) |
−12 (−24) |
11 (−12) |
20 (−7) |
31 (−1) |
41 (5) |
52 (11) |
52 (11) |
37 (3) |
26 (−3) |
10 (−12) |
−8 (−22) |
−12 (−24) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.48 (139) |
6.18 (157) |
5.37 (136) |
6.07 (154) |
4.23 (107) |
4.59 (117) |
4.51 (115) |
4.21 (107) |
3.74 (95) |
3.86 (98) |
4.42 (112) |
5.32 (135) |
57.98 (1,473) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.3 (0.76) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.5 (1.3) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 114.1 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Source: |
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1870 | 475 | — | |
1880 | 1,500 | 215.8% | |
1890 | 1,725 | 15.0% | |
1900 | 1,986 | 15.1% | |
1910 | 2,698 | 35.9% | |
1920 | 2,596 | −3.8% | |
1930 | 3,612 | 39.1% | |
1940 | 4,900 | 35.7% | |
1950 | 7,107 | 45.0% | |
1960 | 9,041 | 27.2% | |
1970 | 11,369 | 25.7% | |
1980 | 16,139 | 42.0% | |
1990 | 18,458 | 14.4% | |
2000 | 21,869 | 18.5% | |
2010 | 23,888 | 9.2% | |
2020 | 24,360 | 2.0% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[32] |
2020 census
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White
|
13,502 | 55.43% |
Black or African American
|
8,365 | 34.34% |
Native American
|
34 | 0.14% |
Asian
|
1,047 | 4.3% |
Pacific Islander
|
5 | 0.02% |
Other/Mixed
|
736 | 3.02% |
Latino
|
671 | 2.75% |
As of the
2010 census
As of the
There were 9,845 households, out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.1% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.1% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% 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 2.92.
The age distribution, strongly influenced by the presence of Mississippi State, was 18.8% under 18, 29.7% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 15.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,357, and the median income for a family was $40,557. Males had a median income of $35,782 versus $23,711 for females. The
Religion
Starkville has more than 80 places of worship, which serve most religious traditions. Faculty, staff and students at Mississippi State University, including those from other nations, have greatly increased the city's diversity.[35] As of October 2007, approximately half (49.74%) of the residents of Starkville claim a religious affiliation; most are Christian. Of those claiming affiliation, 41.59% self-identify as Protestant, including 25% Baptist and 11% Methodist. Lower percentages identify as Catholic, Mormon, Hindu and Muslim.[36][37]
Arts and culture
Cotton District
The Cotton District is a neighborhood located in Starkville that was redeveloped as part of the
Libraries
The
Government
Executive and legislative authority in the city of Starkville is respectively vested in a mayor and seven-member board of aldermen concurrently elected to four-year terms.[43] Since 2017 the mayor has been Lynn Spruill, a Democrat and the first female mayor elected in Starkville's history. Starkville has a strong-mayor government, with the mayor having the power to appoint city officials and veto decisions by the board of aldermen.
Starkville is split between Mississippi House districts 38 and 43,[44] currently represented by Democrat Cheikh Taylor and Republican Rob Roberson. The city is similarly split between Mississippi Senate districts 15 and 16 represented by Republican Bart Williams[45] and Democrat Angela Turner-Ford. Starkville and Oktibbeha County are in the northern districts of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and Public Service Commission, represented by Republican John Caldwell[46] and Democrat Brandon Presley.
Starkville is in Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District, represented by Congressman Michael Guest.
Education
Public schools
In 1927, the city and the
Until 2015, Starkville and much of the surrounding area was served by the
The schools continue to operate under a Federal desegregation order.[53]
The following schools of the Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District are located in Starkville:[54]
- Sudduth Elementary (grades K-1)
- Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary (grades 2–4)
- Overstreet Elementary (grade 5)
- Partnership Middle School (grades 6–7)
- Armstrong Junior High School (grades 8–9)
- Starkville High School (grades 10–12)
- Emerson Preschool
- Millsaps Career & Technology Center
In 2015 it was announced that SOCSD and Mississippi State University would cooperate in establishing a partnership school. The school will be for all grade 6 and 7 students in Oktibbeha County and will be located on the Mississippi State University campus. The school will serve as an instructional site for students and faculty of Mississippi State University's College of Education, and as a one-of-a-kind rural education research center.[55] Construction on the partnership school began in spring 2017.[56] The school opened in August 2020.[57]
Prior to integration, African-American students in Starkville attended the historic
Private schools
Private schools in Starkville include:
- Starkville Academy, founded 1969
- Starkville Christian School, founded 1996
Starkville Academy has been described as a segregation academy.[59] Despite fears that the consolidation of the Starkville and Oktibbeha County school districts in 2015 would lead to additional White flight to private schools, district consolidation actually resulted in decreased enrollment at area private schools as more white parents living in Oktibbeha County opted to enroll their children in the consolidated district.[60]
Tertiary education and libraries
Mississippi State University is partially in the Starkville city limits, and partially in the Mississippi State census-designated place.[61]
East Mississippi Community College is the designated community college for the county,[62] but does not operate facilities in it.
Starkville-Oktibbeha County Public Library System maintains the Starkville Library.[63]
Media
Newspapers
- The Starkville Daily News
- The Reflector (MSU Student Newspaper)
- The Starkville Dispatch (a localized edition of The Commercial Dispatch)
Radio
- WMSV (Mississippi State Radio Station)
- WMAB (Public Radio)
- WMSU
- WQJB
- WMXU
- WJZB
- WSMS
- WSSO (WSSO was Starkville's first radio station, first broadcasting in 1949 at 250W on 1230 AM)
Television
Magazines
- Town and Gown Magazine
Notable people
- Luqman Ali, musician[64]
- Dee Barton, composer[65][66]
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Fred Bell, baseball player in the Negro leagues; brother of Cool Papa Bell[67]
- Josh Booty, professional baseball and football player[68]
- Julio Borbon, professional baseball player
- Marquez Branson, professional football player[69]
- A. J. Brown, NFL wide receiver[70]
- Harry Burgess, governor of the Panama Canal Zone, 1928–1932[71]
- Cyril Edward Cain, preacher, professor, historian; lived in Starkville[72]
- John Wilson Carpenter III, distinguished U.S. Air Force pilot and commander[73]
- Jemmye Carroll, appeared on MTV's The Real World and The Challenge
- Joe Carter, professional football player
- Hughie Critz, professional baseball player
- Sylvester Croom, first black football coach in the Southeastern Conference[74]
- ISIS in Syria[75]
- Willie Daniel, professional football player and businessman[76]
- Kermit Davis, basketball player and coach[77]
- Al Denson, musician and Christian radio and television show host[78]
- Antuan Edwards, professional football player
- Drew Eubanks, basketball player[79]
- Rockey Felker, football player and coach[80]
- Willie Gay Jr., NFL linebacker[81]
- William L. Giles, former president of Mississippi State University; lived in Starkville[82]
- Scott Tracy Griffin, author, actor, and pop culture historian
- Horace Harned, politician[83]
- Helen Young Hayes, investment manager
- Kim Hill, Christian singer
- Shauntay Hinton, Miss District of Columbia USA 2002, Miss USA 2002
- Richard E. Holmes, medical doctor and one of the five young black Mississippians who pioneered the effort to desegregate the major universities of Mississippi; graduate of Henderson High School
- Bailey Howell, college and professional basketball player; lives in Starkville[84]
- Gary Jackson, served in Mississippi Senate[85]
- Paul Jackson, artist; spent childhood in Starkville[86]
- Hayes Jones, gold medalist in 110-meter hurdles at Tokyo 1964 Olympics
- Martin F. Jue, amateur radio inventor, entrepreneur; founder of MFJ Enterprises[87]
- Mark E. Keenum, president of Mississippi State University[88]
- Harlan D. Logan, Rhodes Scholar, tennis coach, magazine editor, and politician
- Ray Mabus, former Mississippi governor
- Ben McGee, professional football player[89]
- Jim McIngvale, businessman in Houston, Texas
- Shane McRae, actor
- William M. Miley, U.S. Army major general; professor of military science; lived in Starkville[90][91][92]
- Freddie Milons, college and professional football player
- Leland Mitchell, professional basketball player[93]
- Monroe Mitchell, professional baseball player
- William Bell Montgomery, agricultural publisher
- Jess Mowry, author of juvenile books
- Jasmine Murray, singer
- Travis Outlaw, professional basketball player
- Archie Pate, baseball player in the Negro leagues[94]
- John Peoples, President of Jackson State University from 1967 to 1984
- Ron Polk, Olympic and college Baseball Coach.[95]
- Del Rendon, musician; lived in Starkville
- Jerry Rice, professional football player; member of NFL Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame
- Nannie Herndon Rice, suffragist and librarian, born and lived in Starkville
- Dero A. Saunders, journalist and author
- Bill Stacy, football player, mayor of Starkville[96]
- Rick Stansbury, Basketball coach[97]
- John Marshall Stone, longest-serving governor of Mississippi; second president of Mississippi State University; namesake of Stone County, Mississippi[98]
- April Sykes, professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association[99]
- Amy Tuck, former Mississippi Lieutenant Governor; lives in Starkville[100][101][102]
- Latavious Williams, professional basketball player[103][104]
- Jaelyn Young, terrorist[105]
In popular culture
Pilot
community. Lindbergh later wrote about that landing in his autobiographical account of his barnstorming days, titled WE.Starkville is one of several places in the United States that claims to have created
Johnny Cash was arrested for public drunkenness (though he described it as being picked up for picking flowers) in Starkville and held overnight at the city jail on May 11, 1965. This inspired his song "Starkville City Jail":
They're bound to get you,
Cause they got a curfew,
And you go to the Starkville city jail.
The song appears on the album At San Quentin.
From November 2 to 4, 2007, the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival was held in Starkville. At the festival, Cash was offered a symbolic
In 2021, a Mississippi Country Music Trail marker honoring Cash was installed in Starkville near the Oktibbeha County Jail.[111]
In 2014, Gordon Ramsay visited the Hotel Chester in his series Hotel Hell in a successful attempt to help the struggling hotel remain in business.[112]
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