Falkner is a town in Tippah County,

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, United States. The population was 514 at the 2010 census. The town was named for

William Clark Falkner William Clark Falkner (July 6, 1825 or 1826 – November 6, 1889) was a soldier, lawyer, politician, businessman, and author in northern Mississippi. He is most notable for the influence he had on the work of his great-grandson, author William F ...

, the great-grandfather of author

William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of ...

Geography

Falkner is located at . The town lies north of Ripley along

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. Just south of Falkner, MS 15 intersects

Mississippi Highway 370 Mississippi Highway 370 (MS 370) is a state highway in northeastern Mississippi. It is split into three distinct sections, with the first running from Ashland at MS 5 to MS 15 at Falkner, the second running from MS 4 in Ripley to MS 30 in ...

, which connects it with Ashland to the west. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 213 people, 85 households, and 62 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 90 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.64%

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, 0.94%

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, 0.94% from

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, and 0.47% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.83% of the population. There were 85 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were

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living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.92. In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.0 males. The median income for a household in the town was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $38,036. Males had a median income of $25,000 versus $19,167 for females. The

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for the town was $16,946. About 6.3% of families and 10.8% of the population were below the

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, including 8.9% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

Education

The Town of Falkner is served by the North Tippah School District.

References

External links

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History of Falkner
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