Cleary is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

in Rankin County,

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, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,688.

History

A post office operated under the name Cleary from 1896 to 1908.

Geography

According to the

U.S. Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The U.S. Census Bureau is part of the U ...

, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water.

Demographics

2020 census

References

Unincorporated communities in Rankin County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Census-designated places in Rankin County, Mississippi Census-designated places in Mississippi {{RankinCountyMS-geo-stub