Mound Bayou, Mississippi | |
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| Nickname: Jewel of the Delta | |
 Location of Mound Bayou in Mississippi | |
  Mound Bayou, Mississippi Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 33°52′50″N 90°43′41″W / 33.88056°N 90.72806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Bolivar |
| Founded | July 12, 1887 |
| Incorporated -City status | February 23, 1898 May 12, 1972 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Leighton Aldridge |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.88 sq mi (2.27 km2) |
| • Land | 0.88 sq mi (2.27 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 144 ft (44 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,534 |
| • Density | 1,749.14/sq mi (675.62/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 38762 |
| Area code | 662 |
| FIPS code | 28-49320 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0673895 |
| Website | www |
Mound Bayou is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,533 at the 2010 census,[2] down from 2,102 in 2000. It was founded as an independent black community in 1887 by former slaves led by Isaiah Montgomery.[3][4] Mound Bayou Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]
Mound Bayou has a 96.8% African-American majority population in 2020, one of the largest of any community in the United States. The current mayor of Mound Bayou is Leighton Aldridge.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mound Bayou city, Mississippi". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Wormser, Richard (October 18, 2002). "Isiah Washington". Jim Crow Stories: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. Educational Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on October 18, 2002. Retrieved October 18, 2002.
- ^ Educational Broadcasting Corporation (December 28, 2002). "Williams v. Mississippi (1898)". Jim Crow Stories: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. Public Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on December 28, 2002. Retrieved April 5, 2003.
- ^ https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/nom/dist/235.pdf [bare URL PDF]