Glendora is a village in Tallahatchie County,

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. The population was 285 at the 2000 census.

History

Glendora was developed by White Americans as a small sawmill site. Logs were floated down the river from around the vicinity of

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to be processed here. The first settlement developed two miles south of Glendora at Black Bayou. When the railroad was built through the territory in 1883, a station was located there and called Glendora. The town immediately grew. A post office was established in 1900 and a voting precinct was established. Cane Lake Lumber Company built a large sawmill here which operated until 1909. It was moved to another site. In December 1955, Elmer Kimbrell, a white man, shot and killed Clinton Melton, an African-American resident, in front of three witnesses after an argument about how much gas Melton had pumped into Kimbrell's car. Kimbrell was acquitted by an

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after a short trial. Shortly before this murder, he was involved in the

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murder in

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, Mississippi. At this time, most blacks in Mississippi were still

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due to state barriers; they were not part of the jury pool because they were not registered voters and they were excluded from the political system.

Geography

According to the

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

Demographics

2020 Census

2000 census

At the 2000

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, there were 285 people, 69 households and 60 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 73 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 4.56%

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, 92.28%

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, 0.70% Native American, and 2.46% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.16% of the population. There were 69 households, of which 55.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.0% were

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living together, 50.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.6% were non-families. 8.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.13 and the average family size was 4.26. 41.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 15.4% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, and 4.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.4 males. The

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was $14,375 and the median family income was $11,875. Males had a median income of $17,500 compared with $11,250 for females. The

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for the village was $7,044. About 68.2% of families and 62.6% of the population were below the

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, including 83.3% of those under the age of 18 and 40.0% of those 65 or over.

Education

The Village of Glendora is served by the

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. R. H. Bearden Elementary School and

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are the area schools. Previously Black Bayou Elementary School served children in Glendora and southern parts of the district.
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. The district decided to close Black Bayou in 1998.
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. Previously West District Middle School (now Bearden) served as a middle school for the area. Coahoma Community College is the designated community college.Student Residency

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. Coahoma Community College. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. "Out-of-District Resident: A student who does not live within Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties but does live in some other county in Mississippi."

Notable people

* Sonny Boy Williamson (Alex "Rice" Miller), the influential

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musician, and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Famer was born on a plantation near Glendora in 1912.

References

External links

Village of Glendora
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