Independence, Mississippi#Education

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Independence is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Tate County, Mississippi, United States.

The settlement is approximately {{convert|7|mi|km}} south of Cockrum and {{convert|11|mi|km}} east of Coldwater along Mississippi Highway 305.

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 200.{{Cite web|title=Independence CDP, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2834700|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 13, 2022}}

History

The settlement was first known as "Flewellenes Crossroads" and "Buck Snorts".{{cite book | title = Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi | publisher = Goodspeed Publishing Company | year = 1891 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=G-pEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA3 | volume = 1 | pages = 638}}

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 42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Locke was elected company captain.{{cite web | title = Tate County and the Civil War | publisher = MSGenWeb | url = http://msgw.org/tate/cw-inf.htm | accessdate = July 3, 2015}}

The population in 1900 was 100.{{cite book | last = Rowland | first = Dunbar | title = Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form | publisher = Southern Historical Publishing Association | year = 1907 | url = https://archive.org/details/mississippicomp01rowlgoog | volume = 1 | page = 921}}

By 1907, Independence had a post office, several stores/businesses, two churches, and a public school.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|2020= 200

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|+Independence CDP, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2020{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Independence CDP, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2834700&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}

!% 2020

White alone (NH)

|159

|79.50%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|20

|10.00%

Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|0.00%

Asian alone (NH)

|0.00%

Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|0.00%

Some Other Race alone (NH)

|0.50%

Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)

|12

|6.00%

Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|4.00%

Total

|200

|100.00%

Education

It is in the Tate County School District.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28137_tate/DC20SD_C28137.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Tate County, MS|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-02-20}}

Notable people

R.L. Burnside, blues musician.
Hugh Freeze, Head football coach of The Auburn Tigers.{{cite web | title = Hugh Freeze | publisher = Olemisssports | url = http://www.olemisssports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/freeze_hugh00.html | accessdate = July 3, 2015 | archive-date = March 8, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170308005614/http://www.olemisssports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/freeze_hugh00.html | url-status = dead }}
Michael Conner Humphreys, actor who played Young Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Tate County, Mississippi

Category:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi

Category:Census-designated places in Tate County, Mississippi

Category:Memphis metropolitan area