Lula is a town in

Coahoma County Coahoma County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 26,151. Its county seat is Clarksdale. The Clarksdale, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Coahoma County. It is lo ...

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, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 204.

Geography

Lula is located near the northern border of Coahoma County. U.S. Route 49 passes southwest of the town, and

U.S. Route 61 U.S. Route 61 or U.S. Highway 61 (U.S. 61) is a major United States highway that extends between New Orleans, Louisiana and the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. The highway generally follows the course of the Mississippi River and is designate ...

passes east of the town. US 49 leads northwest to

Helena, Arkansas Helena is the eastern portion of Helena–West Helena, Arkansas, a city in Phillips County, Arkansas. It was founded in 1833 by Nicholas Rightor and is named after the daughter of Sylvanus Phillips, an early settler of Phillips County and the n ...

, while US 61 leads north to Tunica. Southbound, the two highways join and lead to Clarksdale, the Coahoma

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, south of Lula. According to the

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

Tornado

On April 26, 2011, a tornado—part of the 2011 Super Outbreak—traveled from

Elaine, Arkansas Elaine is a small town in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, in the Arkansas Delta region of the Mississippi River. The population was 636 at the 2010 census. The city is best known as the location of the Elaine massacre of September 30� ...

, to Lula.
The tornado was rated Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0, with estimated wind speeds of . The tornado's path of destruction was wide and the tornado travelled a path of along Highway 61. The tornado ripped the roof off a church near Lula.

Demographics

2020 census

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

2000 Census

At the 2000

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, there were 370 people, 134 households and 84 families residing in the town. The

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was 888.3 per square mile (340.1/km). There were 142 housing units at an average density of 340.9 per square mile (130.5/km²). The racial makeup was 77.30%

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, 19.73%

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, 1.89%

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, and 1.08% from two or more races. There were 134 households, of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.8% were

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living together, 25.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.58. 30.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males. The

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was $23,125 and the median family income was $33,295. Males had a median income of $26,944 and females $19,318. The

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was $12,008. About 35.6% of families and 39.3% of the population were below the

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, including 59.1% of those under age 18 and 39.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The town of Lula is served by the Coahoma County School District. Residents are served by

Coahoma County Junior-Senior High School Coahoma County Junior-Senior High School (CCJSHS) is a public junior and senior high school within the city limits of Clarksdale, Mississippi. It is a part of the Coahoma County School District. The district serves the Coahoma County towns of ...

.Schools
", Coahoma County School District. Retrieved July 6, 2017.

Notable people

Rex Armistead Rex Armistead (February 23, 1930 – December 24, 2013) was a private detective, Mississippi Highway Patrol officer, and the leading operative for the since disbanded Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission. Later, he was heavily involved as ...

(1930-2013), former investigator of the

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (also called the Sov-Com) was a state agency in Mississippi from 1956 to 1977 tasked with fighting desegregation and controlling civil rights activism. It was overseen by the Governor of Mississippi. T ...

and controversial private detective *

Unita Blackwell Unita Zelma Blackwell (March 18, 1933 – May 13, 2019) was an American civil rights activist who was the first African-American woman to be elected mayor in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Blackwell 2006, p. 10. Blackwell was a project dir ...

, civil rights activist *

Sam Carr Sam Carr (July 7, 1906 – 1989) was an organizer for the Communist Party of Canada and its successor, the Labor-Progressive Party, in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born Schmil Kogan in Tomashpil, Ukraine, in 1906 and immigrated to Canada in 1924, ...

, blues drummer *

Maud Jeffries Maud Evelyn Craven Jeffries (14 December 186926 September 1946) was an American actress. A popular subject for a wide range of theatrical post-cards and studio photographs, she was noted for her height, voice, presence, graceful figure, attract ...

, actress * Ransom A. Myers, marine biologist * Bertha Lee Pate, blues singer

References

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