Gluckstadt is a city in
Madison County,
Mississippi
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, United States. It was a
census-designated place
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and
unincorporated community
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until the municipal incorporation of the City of Gluckstadt became effective in June 2021.
The city is located along
Interstate 55
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in south central Madison County, between the cities of
Canton and
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. It is part of the
Jackson
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Metropolitan Statistical Area
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History
Gluckstadt was established in June 1905 by several German Catholic families from
Klaasville,
Lake County,
Indiana
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. The community's name translated into
English
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means "Lucky Town." There is also a town in
Germany
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that has the name
Glückstadt
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.
Each year, a German Festival is held in Gluckstadt on the grounds of St. Joseph Catholic Church. In 1964 civil rights workers ran a
freedom school in Gluckstadt. It was firebombed and burned but the school continued to meet in the ashes of its former location.
In the Fall of 1964 some of the people who had attended the freedom school in Gluckstadt moved to the one in
Canton.
In 2021, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that Gluckstadt may incorporate into Mississippi's newest city. The new city is represented by Mayor Walter Morrison IV and Aldermen Jayce Powell, Lisa Williams, John Taylor, Miya Warfield Bates and Wesley Slay.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the
2020 United States Census
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, there were 3,208 people.
Education
Public education for most of the city is provided by the
Madison County School District.
The city is served by two elementary schools (grades K-5), Madison Crossing and Mannsdale, by Germantown Middle School (grades 6-8), and by
Germantown High School (grades 9-12).
In 2009,
Madison County School District granted Gluckstadt a high school when
Madison Central became overcrowded. Before the establishment of Germantown High, Madison Crossing Elementary, Mannsdale Elementary, and Germantown Middle were feeder schools to Madison Central.
A section of the city is part of the
Canton School District.
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Subdivisions
Gluckstadt has 50 subdivisions: 25 for Mannsdale Elementary and 25 for Madison Crossing Elementary.
Government
In 2021, Walter C. Morrison IV became Gluckstadt's first mayor. Lindsay Kellum was hired as City Clerk, the first employee hired for the new municipality.
Notable people
*Aaron Shirley
Aaron Shirley (January 3, 1933 – November 26, 2014) was an American physician and civil rights activist.
Shirley was born in Gluckstadt, Mississippi. He was Chairman of the Board for the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation, and an associate profess ...
, physician and MacArthur Fellow
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.
References
External links
St. Joseph Catholic Church
German-American culture in Mississippi
Former census-designated places in Mississippi
Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi
Populated places established in 1905
1905 establishments in Mississippi
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