Lula is a town in
Coahoma County,
Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
, United States. Per the
2020 census, the population was 204.
History
The town of Lula was chartered by the state of Mississippi on February 24, 1890 and platted a few years prior, when the
Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railroad built a line through the area in 1884.
Tornado
On April 26, 2011, a tornado—part of the
2011 Super Outbreak
The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest, costliest, and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded, taking place in the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States from April 25 to 28, 2011, leaving catastrophic destruc ...
—traveled from
Elaine, Arkansas
Elaine is a small town in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, in the Arkansas Delta region of the Mississippi River. The population was 636 at the 2010 census.
The city is best known as the location of the Elaine massacre of September ...
, to Lula.
The tornado was rated
Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0, with estimated wind speeds of .
The tornado's path of destruction was wide and the tornado travelled a path of along
Highway 61.
The tornado ripped the roof off a church near Lula.
Geography
Lula is located near the northern border of Coahoma County.
U.S. Route 49 passes southwest of the town, and
U.S. Route 61 passes east of the town. US 49 leads northwest to
Helena, Arkansas
Helena is the eastern portion of Helena–West Helena, Arkansas, a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, located on the west bank of the Mississippi River. It was founded in 1833 by Nicholas Rightor and is named after the daughter of Sylvanus Phil ...
, while US 61 leads north to
Tunica. Southbound, the two highways join and lead to
Clarksdale, the Coahoma
county seat
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, south of Lula.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
2000 Census
At the 2000
census
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,
there were 370 people, 134 households and 84 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 142 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 77.30%
African American
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, 19.73%
White
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, 1.89%
Asian, and 1.08% from two or more races.
There were 134 households, of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.8% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 25.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.58.
30.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males.
The
median household income
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was $23,125 and the median family income was $33,295. Males had a median income of $26,944 and females $19,318. The
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
was $12,008. About 35.6% of families and 39.3% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 59.1% of those under age 18 and 39.2% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The town of Lula is served by the
Coahoma County School District. Residents are served by
Coahoma County Junior-Senior High School.
Schools
", Coahoma County School District. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
Notable people
* Rex Armistead, former investigator of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (also called the MSSC or Sov-Com) was a state agency in Mississippi active from 1956 to 1973 and tasked with fighting integration and controlling civil rights activism. It was overseen by the List of G ...
* Unita Blackwell, civil rights activist
* Sam Carr, blues drummer
References
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Towns in Coahoma County, Mississippi
Towns in Mississippi