Monticello is a town in and the
county seat
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of
Lawrence County,
Mississippi
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, United States.
The population was 1,571 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Monticello is in central Lawrence County, on the west side of the
Pearl River.
U.S. Route 84 runs through the north side of the town on a four-lane bypass. US 84 leads east to
Prentiss and west to
Interstate 55 in
Brookhaven.
Mississippi Highway 27 passes through the west side of Monticello, leading north to
Crystal Springs and south to
Tylertown.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town of Monticello has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.17%, are water.
Climate
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 1,441 people, 640 households, and 350 families residing in the town.
Education
The town of Monticello is served by the
Lawrence County School District. The district is under the supervision of Superintendent Tammy Fairburn, who took office in 2012.
Notable people
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Richard Olney Arrington, justice of the
Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1950-1963
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Erick Dampier,
NBA center
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Katherine Ettl, sculptor
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Major Everett, former
NFL running back
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Cindy Hyde-Smith,
United States Senator
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Al Jefferson,
forward/
center for the NBA
Indiana Pacers
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Kendra King,
Miss Mississippi USA 2006
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J. B. Lenoir,
blues
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singer
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Charles Lynch, 8th and 11th
Governor of Mississippi
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Henry Mayson, former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and attended the 1868 Mississippi Constitutional Convention
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Harvey McGehee, former member of the
Mississippi State Senate and justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1937 to 1964
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Jim Pace, professional racing driver
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Rod Paige, former
U.S. Secretary of Education
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Neville Patterson, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1962 to 1986
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Rosalind Peychaud, former member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives
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Hiram Runnels, 9th Governor of Mississippi
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George Washington Russell, member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives 1916 to 1924
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Francis M. Sheppard, former member of the Mississippi State Senate and Mississippi House of Representatives
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Byther Smith,
blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...
singer
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T. B. Stamps, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the
Louisiana State Senate
* William Sutton Sr., former President of
Mississippi Valley State University
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Matthew Wells,
American football
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linebacker
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See also
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Atwood Music Festival
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Towns in Lawrence County, Mississippi
County seats in Mississippi