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Kemper County, Mississippi Kemper County is a county located on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,456. Its county seat is De Kalb. The county is named in honor of Reuben Kemper. The county is part ...

, United States. The population was 732 as of the 2010 Census.

History

The first permanent settlement at Scooba was made in the 1830s. Scooba is a

Choctaw The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are ...

word meaning "reed brake" (i.e., a farming tool used on reeds), and the early settlement was noted for its productive farmland. A line of the

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio was a Class I railroad in the central United States whose primary routes extended from Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, to St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, as well as Chicago, Illinois. From its two pa ...

passed through Scooba. A Democratic weekly newspaper, ''The Kemper Herald'', was established in Scooba in 1876. By the early 1900s, Scooba had several residential homes, a hotel, a livery barn, a post office, two saw milling plants, a cotton gin, a general store, five churches (three white and two colored), a school, and a bank (the Bank of Kemper, established in 1904). Scooba was a local market for cotton. In late December 1906, Scooba and Wahalak, Mississippi, were the sites of white rioting against blacks. In the various conflicts, which started with confrontations between passengers and conductors on the railroad, a total of 12 blacks and two whites were killed by December 26. The county sheriff called in the state militia for assistance. The events were covered by national newspapers."Whites in Race War Kill Blacks Blindly/ Innocent Negroes Shot in the Mississippi Trouble"
''New York Times'', 26 December 1906; accessed 20 March 2017

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all land. Scooba is adjacent to

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Mississippi Highway 16 Mississippi Highway 16 (MS 16) is a state highway in central Mississippi. It runs east–west for , from the Mississippi Delta region to the Alabama state line. MS 16 serves 8 counties: Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo, Humphreys, Madison, Leake, ...

, and a railroad. It is north of

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and south of

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East Mississippi Community College East Mississippi Community College (EMCC), formerly East Mississippi Junior College, is a public community college in Scooba, Mississippi. EMCC serves and is supported by Clay, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Noxubee and Oktibbeha counties in e ...

. 8 (8/147). Retrieved on March 1, 2011.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 744 people, 191 households, and 107 families residing in the town.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 632 people, 204 households, and 139 families residing in the town. The

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was 257.3 people per square mile (99.2/km). There were 244 housing units at an average density of 99.3 per square mile (38.3/km). The racial makeup of the town was 54.91%

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, 44.30%

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, 0.16% from

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, and 0.63% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.79% of the population. There were 204 households, out of which 38.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.7% were

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living together, 27.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% 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 3.09. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 29.7% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females, there were 127.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 134.5 males. The median income for a household in the town was $18,875, and the median income for a family was $31,375. Males had a median income of $30,500 versus $29,063 for females. The

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for the town was $12,110. About 30.3% of families and 25.5% of the population were below the

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, including 27.2% of those under age 18 and 15.0% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Town of Scooba is served by the Kemper County School District. The main campus of

, including the college system's administrative headquarters, is in Scooba. EMCC was featured on the

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documentary ''

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'', which chronicled their 2015 and 2016 football seasons.

Notable people

* Abner M. Aust - United States Air Force officer and World War II flying ace. *

Kevin Granger Kevin Granger (born December 30, 1973) is a retired American professional basketball player who is best known for leading NCAA Division I in scoring with a 27.0 points per game average in 1995–96. Granger grew up in Scooba, Mississip ...

- professional basketball player. * Charles Jones - played four seasons in the

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. *

John J. Pettus John Jones Pettus (October 9, 1813January 25, 1867) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd Governor of Mississippi, from 1859 to 1863. Before being elected in his own right to full gubernatorial terms in 1859 and 1861, he ...

- 23rd Governor of Mississippi; moved to Scooba at age 22.

References

External links

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