Webb is a town in
Tallahatchie County
Tallahatchie County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,715. Its county seats are Charleston and Sumner.
Tallahatchie County is located in the Mississippi Delta region, divided by the Tall ...
,
Mississippi
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. The population was 565 at the 2010 census.
History
Webb was founded circa 1880. The first post office was founded in 1880 and named Hood for one of the earlier settlers. In 1882, Judge James L.A. Webb, a Confederate veteran and a
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graduate, operated the only store there and later the Hood Masonic Lodge was built. There was one saloon at that time called "The Razzle Dazzle". The town was incorporated in 1905.
In those days most of the groceries and necessities were brought to Hood by flat bottom boat from Sharkey, being hauled down the river from
Friars Point
Friars Point is a town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 896.
Situated on the Mississippi River, Friars Point was once a busy port town, and remains the only place in Coahoma County with publi ...
. Cassidy Bayou was navigable then and was maintained by the government from Sharkey to Hood. The town was later renamed in honor of Judge Webb.
In July 2001, Earnestine Dixon became the first African American mayor of the town, serving one term (2001-05).
Geography
Webb is located at (33.947045, -90.345304).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 587 people, 225 households, and 135 families residing in the town. The
population density
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was 1,380.0 people per square mile (527.1/km). There were 251 housing units at an average density of 590.1 per square mile (225.4/km). The racial makeup of the town was 35.09%
White
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, 61.33%
African American
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, 2.04%
Asian
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, and 1.53% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
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of any race were 0.85% of the population.
There were 225 households, out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were
married couples
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living together, 20.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.47.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.1% under the age of 18, 12.9% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $25,000, and the median income for a family was $29,063. Males had a median income of $26,500 versus $23,125 for females. The
per capita income
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for the town was $12,272. About 16.2% of families and 26.6% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 39.4% of those under age 18 and 26.1% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The Town of Webb is served by the
West Tallahatchie School District.
R. H. Bearden Elementary School and
West Tallahatchie High School are the area schools.
Prior to 1988 Sumner Elementary School was elementary school for the Webb and
Sumner
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areas and West District Middle School was the area middle school. In 1988 West District Middle became a grade 3-8 school while Sumner Elementary was redesignated for Kindergarten through grade 2 only.
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As of 2002 some children in Webb attended the
North Sunflower Academy
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in
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Sunflower County
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Sunflower County comprises the Indianola, MS Micropolitan Statistical Are ...
, and
Strider Academy
Strider Academy was a PK-12 school in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States, which operated from 1971 until 2018. The school was established in 1971 as a segregation academy to allow white parents to avo ...
(which ceased operation in 2018) in
Charleston.
Notable people
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Mamie Till Mobley
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— mother of
Emmett Till
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; born in Webb and moved to
Argo, Illinois
Summit is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 11,161 at the 2020 census. The name Summit, in use since 1836, refers to the highest point on the Chicago Portage between the northeast-flowing Chicago River and the s ...
in 1924.
References
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Towns in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
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