Independence is a

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and

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in Tate County,

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, United States. The settlement is approximately south of Cockrum and east of Coldwater along

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. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 200.

History

The settlement was first known as "Flewellenes Crossroads" and "Buck Snorts". During the Civil War, R.W. Locke organized a company of soldiers in Buck Snorts, which was dispatched to Virginia where they became Company D of the

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. Locke was elected company captain. The population in 1900 was 100. By 1907, Independence had a post office, several stores/businesses, two churches, and a public school.

Demographics

2020 census

Education

It is in the Tate County School District.

Notable people

* R.L. Burnside, blues musician. *

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, Head football coach of The Auburn Tigers. * Michael Conner Humphreys, actor who played Young Forrest Gump in ''

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References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Tate County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Census-designated places in Tate County, Mississippi Memphis metropolitan area