Calhoun City is a town in
Calhoun County Calhoun County is the name of several counties in the United States of America named after U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun:
* Calhoun County, Alabama
* Calhoun County, Arkansas
* Calhoun County, Florida
* Calhoun County, Georgia
* Calhoun Count ...
,
Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,774 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Calhoun City is located in south-central Calhoun County., and is bordered on the east by the town of
Derma.
Mississippi Highway 9 runs through the center of the town, leading north to
Pittsboro, the county seat, and north to
Bruce
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a ...
.
Mississippi Highway 8
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leads east from the center of town to
Vardaman and to
Houston. The two highways head south from the town together, Highway 9 leading south to
Slate Springs and Highway 8 leading south then west to
Grenada
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.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.69%, is water.
The
Yalobusha River
The Yalobusha River is a river, long, in north-central Mississippi in the United States. It is a principal tributary of the Yazoo River, via which it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
The name "Yalobusha" comes from the Chocta ...
, a tributary of the
Yazoo River
The Yazoo River is a river in the U.S. states of Louisiana and Mississippi. It is considered by some to mark the southern boundary of what is called the Mississippi Delta, a broad floodplain that was cultivated for cotton plantations before the ...
, passes a mile south of the center of town.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the
2020 United States Census
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, there were 1,533 people, 709 households, and 436 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the
census of 2000, there were 1,872 people, 736 households, and 530 families residing in the town. The
population density was 789.1 people per square mile (305.0/km
2). There were 827 housing units at an average density of 348.6 per square mile (134.7/km
2). The racial makeup of the town was 66.72%
Caucasian
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Anthropology
*Anything from the Caucasus region
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** ''Caucasian Exarchate'' (1917–1920), an ecclesiastical exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Caucasus region
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Languages
* Northwest Caucasian l ...
, 32.00%
African American, 0.11%
Native American, 0.05%
Asian
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** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
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, 0.16% from
other races, and 0.96% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
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of any race were 0.69% of the population.
There were 736 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.3% were
married couples
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living together, 23.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 26.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.84.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 73.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 66.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $23,983, and the median income for a family was $28,047. Males had a median income of $27,917 versus $20,292 for females. The
per capita income for the town was $14,294. About 23.2% of families and 25.2% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 41.1% of those under age 18 and 16.9% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Calhoun City is served by the
Calhoun County School District. Calhoun City High School's athletic teams are known as the Wildcats.
In 1968,
Calhoun Academy was formed as a
segregation academy by white parents seeking to avoid sending their children to
racially integrated public schools. Its sports teams are known as the Cougars.
Notable people
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Ace Cannon, saxophone player and
Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame
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inductee
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Billy Cowan, former
Major League Baseball player
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G. J. Higginbotham, former member of the
Alabama House of Representatives
The Alabama State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency contai ...
and the
Alabama State Senate
*
M. D. Jennings
Melvin Delanie Jennings (born July 25, 1988) is a former American football safety. He played college football at Arkansas State and was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2011.
Early years
Jennings was born in Grena ...
, defensive back for the
Green Bay Packers
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*
Vester Newcomb, former
National Football League player and head football coach of
University of Tennessee at Martin from 1978 to 1979
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Dave Parker
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, former
Major League Baseball player
*
Scott Suber
Billie Scott Suber (born September 26, 1934) was an American football player. Suber was born and raised in Calhoun County, Mississippi (first in Derma and then in Calhoun City), where his father worked in a saw mill. He attended Mississippi S ...
, former
Mississippi State first-team
All-American
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Cornelius Wortham, former
National Football League and
Alabama Crimson Tide player
* Perry Van Bailey, member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives
The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...
(2023-present)
References
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Towns in Calhoun County, Mississippi
Towns in Mississippi