Okolona (Mississippi)
| Okolona | |
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 Location in Mississippi
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Mississippi |
| County : | Chickasaw County |
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 0 ′ N , 88 ° 45 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,692 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 163.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 16.5 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 103 m |
| Postal code : | 38860 |
| Area code : | +1 662 |
| FIPS : | 28-53680 |
| GNIS ID : | 694253 |
| Website : | www.cityofokolona.com |
| Mayor : | Louise Floyd Cole |
Okolona is a small town (with the status " City ") and next to Houston one of two administrative headquarters of the Chickasaw County in the north of the US -amerikanischen state of Mississippi . In 2010 Okolona had 2692 inhabitants.
geography
Okolona lies at 34 ° 00'21 "north latitude and 88 ° 45'02" west longitude and extends over 16.5 km².
Neighboring towns of Okolona are Shannon (14.3 km northeast), Nettleton (21.5 km northeast) and Amory (25.9 km east).
The closest major cities are Memphis , Tennessee (208 km northwest), Birmingham , Alabama (218 km east-southeast), and Mississippi's capital, Jackson (256 km southwest).
traffic
Mississippi Highways 32 , 41 and 245 meet in Okolona . All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city roads.
A railway line runs through the urban area of Okolona in a north-south direction.
The Okolona Municipal Airport is a small regional airport in the northeastern urban area of Okolona . The nearest major airports are Memphis International Airport (193 km northwest) and Jackson-Evers International Airport (267 km southwest).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Okolona had 2,692 people in 1,081 households. The population density was 163.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.43 people lived in the 1081 households.
The racial the population was composed of 27.9 percent white, 70.0 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 55.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 18,578 USD . The per capita income was $ 10,854. 41.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
history
The name Okolona comes from the Chickasaw language and was the name given to a warrior from this tribe. On February 22, 1864, a battle took place in Okolona, in which the Confederates, led by Nathan Bedford Forrest, defeated the Union troops under William Sooy Smith .
Personalities
- Milan Williams (1948–2006), keyboardist and songwriter
Individual evidence
- ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved April 19, 2013
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 19, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 19, 2013
- ^ The American Battlefield Protection Program Okolona , accessed July 7, 2007.