Centreville is a town in Amite and Wilkinson counties,

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, United States. It is part of the

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micropolitan statistical area. Its population was 1,258 in 2020. Bethany Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Centreville, built in 1855, and added to the

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in 2003. The town was incorporated in 1880, and it was a small settlement in the years prior. In 1880, the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley R.R. ran along the border between Wilkinson and Amite counties. Because the station was approximately midway between Liberty and Woodville and about midway between Natchez and Baton Rouge, it was appropriately named Centreville.

Geography

Centreville is located within Wilkinson County, with a portion in adjacent

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. In the 2000 census, 1,433 of the town's 1,680 residents (85.3%) lived in Wilkinson County and 247 (14.7%) in Amite County. According to the

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, the town has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km²), all land.

Demographics

According to the

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, there were 1,258 people, 724 households, and 374 families residing in the town; the racial and ethnic composition of the town was 71.3% Black and African American, 25.6% non-Hispanic white, 0.24% Native American, 0.08%

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, 2.31% multiracial or of another race/ethnicity, and 0.48%

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of any race in 2020. According to the 2020 American Community Survey, its median household income was $30,682.

Education

Public schools

Most of Centreville is served by the

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, although the portion that lies in Amite County is served by the

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Private schools

* Centreville Academy

Notable people

* Robert P. Briscoe,

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recipient and US Navy four-star Admiral * William A. Dickson,

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from 1909-1913 * Girault M. Jones, seventh Bishop of Louisiana in The Episcopal Church * John N. Kennedy,

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from

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* Albert Lewis, Hall of Fame member of the

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; retired to a ranch in Centreville. *

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, civil rights activist and author of '' Coming of Age in Mississippi'' *

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, member of the Mississippi State Senate *

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, psychologist * Kevin Windham, pro

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References

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