Morgan City, Mississippi is a town in Leflore County along

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. The population was 255 at the 2010 census, down from 305 at the 2000 census. It is part of the

Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area The Greenwood Micropolitan Statistical Area is a micropolitan area in the northwestern Delta region of Mississippi that covers two counties - Leflore and Carroll. As of the 2000 census, the USA had a population of 48,716 (though a July 1, 2009 ...

Geography

Morgan City is located in southern Leflore County at (33.379637, -90.349713). Via Highway 7 it is south of

Itta Bena Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,049 at the 2010 census. The town's name is derived from the Choctaw phrase ''iti bina'', meaning "forest camp". Itta Bena is part of the Greenwood, Mississipp ...

and northeast of Belzoni. Greenwood, the Leflore

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, is to the northeast of Morgan City. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all land. The town is northwest of the

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. Leflore County is part of the

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region.

Demographics

As of the

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, there were 255 people living in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 79.6% Black, 18.8% White and 1.6% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the

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of 2000, there were 305 people, 98 households, and 77 families living in the town. The

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was 530.7 people per square mile (206.6/km²). There were 101 housing units at an average density of 175.7 per square mile (68.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 16.39%

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, 83.28%

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and 0.33%

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of any race were 2.95% of the population. There were 98 households, out of which 41.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.7% were married couples living together, 40.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 3.56. In the town, the population was spread out, with 36.1% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 69.6 males. The median income for a household in the town was $19,219, and the median income for a family was $17,917. Males had a median income of $20,375 versus $13,929 for females. The

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for the town was $9,465. About 33.8% of families and 42.6% of the population were below the

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, including 48.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 50.0% of those 65 or over.

Notable person

* Stewart Patridge,

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winning quarterback from the

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Education

It is in the

Greenwood-Leflore School District Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District (GLCSD) is a school district serves Greenwood, Mississippi and the rest of Leflore County. It was established on July 1, 2019, as a merger of the Greenwood Public School District and the Leflore Cou ...

. The town was served by the

Leflore County School District The Leflore County School District (LCSD) was a public school district headquartered in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States. The district served areas in Leflore County outside of the City of Greenwood, including the city of Itta Bena, the town ...

. Effective July 1, 2019 this district consolidated into the Greenwood-Leflore School District.

Musical significance

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, founded in 1909 in the "Shellmound" area on the eastern edge of Morgan City, is the site of a large memorial marker (

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) to blues legend

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which was placed by the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund through a major grant from Columbia Records and a number of smaller grants from organizations and individuals across the United States. The site now appears on numerous tour itineraries and is promoted by Leflore County.

References

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