Woodville, Mississippi Explained
| Official Name: | Woodville, Mississippi |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map: | USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wilkinson |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Keisha Stewart-Ford |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.68 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.68 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.04 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.04 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 928 |
| Population Density Km2: | 345.83 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 895.75 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 123 |
| Elevation Ft: | 404 |
| Coordinates: | 31.1028°N -91.2997°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 39669 |
| Area Code: | 601 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 28-81120 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0679870 |
Woodville is one of the oldest towns in Mississippi and is the county seat of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States.[2] Its population as of 2020 was 928.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1sqmi, all land.
Demographics
Per the
2020 United States census, there were 928 people, 386 households, and 277 families residing in the town; its racial composition was 77.95% black, 22.38% non-Hispanic white, 0.22% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 2.8% other or mixed, and 0.54% Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Education
Wilkinson County School District serves Woodville. There are three education facilities near Woodville: Wilkinson County Elementary School, Wilkinson County High School, and the private school Wilkinson County Christian Academy, which was established in 1969 as a segregation academy.[4]
Media
The Woodville Republican, a weekly newspaper founded in 1823, is the oldest surviving business (and thus the oldest newspaper) in Mississippi.[5]
Notable people
- Julia K. Wetherill Baker (18581931), writer and poet, was born in Woodville[6]
- Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828–1892), author, merchant, cotton factor, hotel owner
- Henry Cohen (rabbi), served here from 1885 to 1888 before going to Galveston, Texas, where he became a nationally known community leader
- Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America; lived near here for a couple of years as a youth on his parents' plantation and attended Woodville Academy, before going to Kentucky to school.
- Ronnie Edwards, Louisiana politician, born in Woodville[7]
- Henry Herbert Ogden, aviator in 1924 US Army Air Services around the world flight,
- Will E. Keller, businessman
- Rudolph Matthews, handball player
- Edward Grady Partin (1924–1990), born in Woodville, he became a Teamsters Union business agent from Baton Rouge. His testimony sent Jimmy Hoffa to prison.
- Carnot Posey, Civil War Confederate general
- Peter Randolph, early 19th century Federal judge
- Dan Reneau, President of Louisiana Tech University
- William Grant Still, African-American classical composer and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee was born in Woodville on May 11, 1895.
- Matt Tolbert, professional baseball infielder
- W. P. S. Ventress (1854–1911), Mississippi state legislator
- George W. Wheeler, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1920–30)
- Lester Young, jazz musician and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee was born in Woodville.[8]
- William Henry Young, Wisconsin politician, born in Woodville
References
- Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. July 24, 2022.
- Web site: Find a County. June 7, 2011. National Association of Counties.
- Web site: Explore Census Data. December 9, 2021. data.census.gov.
- Dangerfileld. Celnisha. Mapping Race, School Segregation, and Black Identities in Woodville, Mississippi: A Case Study of a Rural Community. Journal of Rural Community Psychology - Mapping Race. dead. January 23, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090123161529/http://www.marshall.edu/jrcp/dangerfieldSI.htm.
- Web site: r2WPadmin. Woodville Republican. November 23, 2020. Mississippi Encyclopedia. en-US.
- Willard, Frances, and Mary Livermore, eds. A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks Of Life. New York: Moulton, 1893, p. 48.
- News: Rep. Rodnette Bethley "Ronnie" Edwards. The Baton Rouge Advocate. March 10, 2016.
- Book: Gelly, Dave . Being Prez: The Life and Music of Lester Young . 2007 . Equinox . 978-1-84553-058-7 . 1 .
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