Greenville, Mississippi

Greenville, Mississippi
Nickname : Heart and Soul of the Delta
East entrance of Greenville
Location in Mississippi
Basic data
Foundation :	1824
State :	United States
State :	Mississippi
County :	Washington County
Coordinates :	33 ° 24 ′  N , 91 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 24 ′  N , 91 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	41,633 (as of: 2000)
Population density :	598.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	71.6 km 2  (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 69.6 km 2  (approx. 27 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	40 m
Postcodes :	38700-38799
Area code :	+1 662
FIPS :	28-29180
GNIS ID :	0670711
Website :	www.greenville.ms.us
Mayor :	Errick D. Simmons

Greenville is the administrative seat of Washington County to the west of the US -amerikanischen state of Mississippi at the Mississippi River . In 2000 the city had 41,633 inhabitants, while in 2007 a decrease was estimated to 35,764. Greenville is the eighth largest city in the state of Mississippi.

Greenville is named after Nathanael Greene , a hero of the American Revolutionary War .

Greenville is on the east bank of Lake Ferguson , an oxbow lake of the Mississippi. Two floating casinos are on the lake near the city center, and a third further west near Greenville Bridge . The Chicago Mill and Lumber Co. operated a lakeside sawmill that specialized in the production of hardwood vessels. North of town is the Winterville Mounds Historic Site, a museum about the region's early history. The mounds were built by an Indian tribe who inhabited the area before the Choctaw and Chickasaw .

geography

Greenville is located at 33 ° 23'55 "north latitude and 91 ° 2'54" west longitude.

The city covers 71.6 km², of which 2.0 km² is water.

Demographics

In the 2000 census, the population was 41,633. These were distributed to 14,784 households in 10,422 families. The population density was 598 / km². There were 16,251 buildings, which corresponds to a density of 233.4 / km².

The population in 2000 was 28.92% white , 69.60% African American , 0.07% Native American , 0.71% Asian, and 0.21% other. 0.49% stated that they descended from at least two of these groups. 0.71% of the population were Hispanics from any of the above groups.

31.4% were under 18 years of age, 10.1% between 18 and 24, 26.3% between 25 and 44, 20.5% between 45 and 64 and 11.8% 65 and older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 women there were statistically 85.4 men, among the over 18 year olds 77.5.

The median income was $ 25,928 and the median family income was $ 30,788. The average income for men was $ 29,801 and that of women was $ 20,707. The per capita income was $ 13,992. Around 25.7% of families and 29.6% of the total population had their income below the poverty line.

Transportation

Airport

The Mid Delta Regional Airport, located northeast of Greenville, serves the region around Greenville as a link to the air traffic network . The regional airline Northwest Airlink operates the connection to the hub of Northwest Airlines in Memphis .

Highways The US Highway 82 , the US Highway 61 and the Great River Road (Mississippi Highway 1) are the arteries of traffic in the area around the city of Greenville. The US Highway 82 is the main route in the road network of the Mississippi Delta , it is connected to Interstate 55 and other multi-lane highways. With the completion of the new four-lane Greenville Bridge (late 2009) over the Mississippi to Lake Village (Arkansas) , the longest bridge of its kind in the North American interior went into operation. The bridge, which cost more than 200 million dollars, replaces the previous, much narrower Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• William Alexander Percy (1885–1942), writer
• Spencer Akin (1889–1973), US Army officer
• William Y. Humphreys (1890–1933), politician
• William Attaway (1911–1986), writer and composer
• Shelby Foote (1916–2005), novelist and historian
• Robert T. Henry (1923–1944), soldier in World War II and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Jim Henson (1936–1990), puppeteer , director and television producer , designed the Muppet Show
• Tyrone Davis (1938-2005), soul musician
• Sam Chu Lin (1939-2006), Chinese-American journalist
• Arthur Blessitt (* 1940), Evangelican and traveling preacher
• Gloster Richardson (1941-2020), American football player
• Sid Selvidge (1943-2013), blues musician
• George Scott (1944–2013), MLB professional for the Boston Red Sox , Milwaukee Brewers , Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees
• Mary Wilson (* 1944), singer with the Supremes
• Frank White (born 1950), baseball player
• Finn Carter (born 1960), actress
• Eden Brent (* 1965), pianist, songwriter and singer
• JD Evermore (born 1968), actor
• LaToya Thomas (* 1981), basketball player

Personalities related to the city

• LeRoy Percy (1860-1929), Senator from Mississippi
• Walker Percy (1916-1990), writer
• Holt Collier (1848–1936), African-American cowboy and bear hunter - hunting companion to President Theodore Roosevelt
• Jo Carr (1926–2007), Methodist pastor and church leader in Texas, was previously Professor of English at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas
• Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker (1906–1993), trombonist ; lived in Greenville at the beginning of his career
• Jerry Rice (* 1962), football player with the San Francisco 49ers - grew up in Greenville

Twin cities

• Kronach , Germany 
• Greenville , Liberia 

Nelson Street

One stop on the Mississippi Blues Trail , designated by the Mississippi Blues Commission , is Nelson Street in Greenville. The Second Whispers Restaurant in the Nelson Street belonged to the Chitlin 'circuit in the early days of blues and recalls the importance of this place in the history of the blues in Mississippi.

Nelson Street was a historically significant street in the 1940s and 1950s, with a lively scene of clubs and music venues playing delta blues , big band jump blues, and jazz. Record companies were constantly looking for new talent here. It was comparable to Beale Street in Memphis in the 1900s.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Find a County
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ? US census bureau  
3. ^ Robert T. Henry in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 7, 2015.
4. ↑ Jim Henson in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 7, 2015.
5. ↑ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000223 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Beth Pratt, Religion Editor, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal , Lubbock, Texas, April 22, 2006; July 8, 2007 
7. ↑ Blues Matters! - Delta sites to be included on new blues trail . www.bluesmatters.com. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
8. ↑ Mississippi Blues Commission - Blues Trail . www.msbluestrail.org. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
9. ↑ Kacey Cloues: Great Souther Getaways - Mississippi . www.atlantamagazine.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 31, 2008. 
10. ^ Introducing the Mississippi Blues Trail . The Mississippi Blues Commission. Retrieved May 29, 2008.

Web links

Commons : Greenville, Mississippi  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website of the City of Greenville
• Delta Democrat-Times
• Delta News Online: Regional news from the delta region
• History of the Jewish community in Greenville (from Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life )