Skene is a

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 ...

and

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 ...

located in

Bolivar County, Mississippi Bolivar County ( ), officially the County of Bolivar, is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,985. Its county seats are Rosedale and Cleveland. The county is name ...

, United States on Mississippi Highway 446. Skene is approximately west of

Boyle Boyle may refer to: Places United States * Boyle, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Boyle, Mississippi, a town *Boyle County, Kentucky *Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, a neighborhood Elsewhere * Boyle (crater), a lunar crater * 11967 Boyle, ...

and approximately north of Shaw. Skene was a station on the Boyle and Sunflower branch of the former

Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad (Y&MV) was incorporated in 1882 and was part of the Illinois Central Railroad system (IC). Construction began in Jackson, Mississippi, and continued to Yazoo City, Mississippi. The line was later expand ...

. A post office operated under the name Skene from 1902 to 1992. SkeneBaptistChurchSign

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 210.

Demographics

2020 census

Education

It is in the

West Bolivar Consolidated School District The West Bolivar Consolidated School District is a public school district based in Rosedale, Mississippi (USA). It serves sections of Bolivar County. In addition to Rosedale, the district also serves the towns of Gunnison, Beulah, and Pace i ...

. It was formerly in the

Shaw School District The Shaw School District was a public school district based in Shaw, Mississippi (USA). The district served the Bolivar County portion of the city; the small portion of the city that lies in Sunflower County was and is served by the Sunflower ...

. The Shaw district consolidated into the West Bolivar district in 2014.School District Consolidation in Mississippi
." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6). The K-12 schools for the Shaw area are McEvans Elementary School and Shaw High School (previously together as McEvans K-12 School).

Notable people

Chet Morgan Chester Collins Morgan (June 6, 1910 – September 20, 1991), nicknamed "Chick," was an American baseball player and manager. He played Major League Baseball, principally as a center fielder, for the Detroit Tigers during the 1935 and 1938 seaso ...

(1910–1991), Was an American baseball player and manager. He played Major League Baseball, principally for the Detroit Tigers.

References

Unincorporated communities in Bolivar County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Census-designated places in Bolivar County, Mississippi {{BolivarCountyMS-geo-stub