Greenwood, Mississippi
| Greenwood | |
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| Nickname : Cotton Capital of the World | |
 Location in Mississippi
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1830 as Williams Landing, since 1844 under the name Greenwood |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Mississippi |
| County : | Leflore County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 31 ′ N , 90 ° 11 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 15.205 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 636.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 24.7 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of which 23.9 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 40 m |
| Postcodes : | 38930, 38935 |
| Area code : | +1 662 |
| FIPS : | 28-29340 |
| GNIS ID : | 0670714 |
| Website : | www.cityofgreenwood.org |
| Mayor : | Carolyn McAdams |
Greenwood is a city and administrative seat of Leflore County of middle-northwest US -amerikanischen state of Mississippi . At the 2010 census , Greenwood had 15,205 residents.
geography
Greenwood lies at 33 ° 31'7 "north latitude and 90 ° 11'2" west longitude and extends over 24.7 km², which is spread over 23.9 km² of land and 0.8 km² of water.
Greenwood is located at the confluence of the Tallahatchie River and Yalobusha River to the Yazoo River in the catchment area of the Mississippi River , which forms the border with Arkansas about 90 km west of the city .
Neighboring towns to Greenwood are Browning (7.9 km east), Rising Sun (7.4 km southwest), Itta Bena ( 11.8 km west), Shellmound (16.6 km northwest), and Teoc (16.6 km northeast) .
The nearest major cities are Memphis , Tennessee (210 km north), Birmingham , Alabama (363 km east), Mississippi's capital Jackson (158 km south) and Arkansas' capital Little Rock (331 km northwest).
traffic
US Highway 82 , which runs in a west-east direction and meets US Highway 49E in the urban area, runs through Greenwood . These roads also meet State Highways 7 and 430 . Most of the long-distance traffic is routed via a motorway-like bypass road that leads south around the city center.
Greenwood-Leflore Airport is 15 km east of Greenwood . The airfield is owned by the City of Greenwood and Leflore County, although it is already in neighboring Carroll County .
Several railroad lines intersect in Greenwood. In the center of the city there is an Amtrak station, which is served by express trains connecting Chicago and New Orleans .
history
Before the arrival of European settlers, the Choctaw and Chickasaw settled the river landscape. In 1830 , John Williams founded the Williams Landing trading post . The settlement grew rapidly and was since the year 1844 after the Choctaw chief Greenwood LeFlore henceforth Greenwood called.
Due to its favorable location on the rivers, the city developed into an important trading center for cotton . From here cotton was shipped to New Orleans , Memphis and St. Louis .
During the American Civil War there was a series of fighting in the area during the Battle of Vicksburg . After the war in the phase of reconstruction , the cotton industry was far below the pre-war level.
It was not until the connection to the railway network in the 1880s that the cotton trade developed again very strongly. This development continued until the 1940s .
In the early 1960s , Greenwood was one of the centers of the civil rights movement . Hundreds of participants in nonviolent protests were detained during this period. 1955, after the important decision by Brown v. Board of Education by the Supreme Court , the White Citizens' Council was founded by Robert B. Patterson in Greenwood. It was a racially motivated association that wanted to defend racial segregation. In 1963 Martin Luther King visited the city, whereupon the Ku Klux Klan distributed leaflets.
In the 21st century , Greenwood experienced a cultural renaissance . Without changing the character of the city, numerous houses have been renovated in the city center, and a number of exclusive restaurants, galleries and museums have settled there.
25 structures and sites in Greenwood are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of October 22, 2019, including the Cotton Row Historic District .
tourism
With the revitalization of Howard Street in the historic downtown area, Greenwood established itself as a tourist destination. Greenwood is often referred to as the center of the delta and is also marketed as such for tourism .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Greenwood had 15,205 people in 5,470 households. The population density was 636.2 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 30.7 percent white, 67.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.
Statistically, 2.78 people lived in each of the 5,470 households.
27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years or older. 54.4 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 24,862 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,392. 36.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Juanita Moore (1914-2014), actress
- Donna Tartt (* 1963), writer
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Greenwood, MS ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 13, 2011
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps , accessed on February 13, 2012
- ↑ White Citizens' Councils Aimed to maintain 'Southern way of life'. The Jackson Sun, accessed July 23, 2013 .
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↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 22, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 22, 2019.
