Burnsville is a town in
Tishomingo County in northeastern
Mississippi
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, United States. The population was 936 at the
2010 census.
Geography
Burnsville is located on the west side of the
Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway. The town is at the intersection of
US Route 72 and
Mississippi Highway 365.
[''Burnsville, Mississippi,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1950 (1987 rev.)] U.S. 72 runs from west to east through the southern part of the town, leading southeast to
Iuka, the county seat of Tishomingo County, and northwest to
Corinth
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. MS Highway 365 runs through the main part of town from north to south, leading north to
Doskie and south to
Bay Springs Lake.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.42%) is water.
Rivers and streams
* Little Yellow Creek
* Yellow Creek
*
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Other formations
* Turnpike Hill lies just east of the town on the east side of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
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Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 868 people, 353 households, and 199 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census
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population density
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was . There were 465 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.07% White
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, 0.39% Native American, and 1.55% from two or more races. Hispanic
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or Latino of any race were 1.26% of the population.
There were 412 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were married couples
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living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.7% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $20,083, and the median income for a family was $27,679. Males had a median income of $28,523 versus $18,333 for females. The per capita income
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for the town was $12,359. About 23.5% of families and 27.4% of the population were below the poverty line
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, including 34.8% of those under age 18 and 27.9% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Public schools
* Burnsville Elementary - grades K-8 with an enrollment of 498 students
Libraries
* Burnsville Public Library - has a collection of ~179,000 books and serial volumes
Transportation
Highways
* U.S. Route 72 - an east–west corridor that runs from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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to Memphis
* Mississippi Highway 365 - runs north–south through Tishomingo County
Railroads
* Southern Railway System
Media
* WOWL 91.9 FM radio, owned by Southern Community Services, Inc.
Notable person
* Lester Carpenter, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
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representing the First District of Mississippi.
References
{{Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Towns in Tishomingo County, Mississippi