Winona (Mississippi)

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Winona
Nickname : Winetown
Water tower in Winona
Water tower in Winona
Location in Mississippi
Montgomery County Mississippi Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Winona Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1861
State : United States
State : Mississippi
County : Montgomery County
Coordinates : 33 ° 29 ′  N , 89 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 29 ′  N , 89 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 5,043 (as of 2010)
Population density : 57.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 87.8 km 2  (approx. 34 mi 2 ) of
which 87.5 km 2  (approx. 34 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 116 m
Postal code : 38967
Area code : +1 662
FIPS : 28-80760
GNIS ID : 0679787
Website : www.winonams.us
Mayor : Jerry Flowers ( Republican )

Winona is a small town with 5043 inhabitants (as of 2010), in Montgomery County , Mississippi . Winona is the county seat of Montgomery County . In the area Winona is because of its central location as "The Crossroads of North Mississippi" ( The Crossroads of North Mississippi known).

history

Middleton

Middleton , Mississippi was a small town west of what is now Winona. It is sometimes referred to as the predecessor of today's Winona.

Winona

In 1848 Colonel OJ Moore was the first settler to settle where Winona is today. Originally from Virginia, the Colonel built a farm on his property, which was also used to build the railroad in 1860. The railroad station was built near the farm, and an influx of settlers quickly made Winona a busy place. Originally, Winona was in Carroll County and was incorporated as a city on May 2, 1861. Captain William Witty, an early settler, was an important merchant for years and founded the first bank in Winona. Other early settlers were the Curtis, Burton, Palmer, Spivey, Townsend, Hart, Turner, and Campbell families. The first businesses in town were mostly grocery stores, and in 1871 Montgomery County was created from parts of other counties, including the part of Carol County where Winona was located. Winona became the administrative seat of Montgomery County because of its good location. In 1878 a yellow fever epidemic raged in the area, killing many residents or causing them to leave the city, and in 1888 a large fire destroyed almost all of the city's businesses. 40 of the then 50 shops burned out completely. Civil rights and segregation activists on their way to Charleston , South Carolina , did not stop in Winona because Fannie Lou Hamer and his companions were falsely captured by white police officers on one of their trips and by fellow inmates in Montgomery County jail were beaten almost to death. During a stop in Winona, Martin Luther King Jr. was ambushed by local barber, Ryan Lynch, and could only be saved by his bodyguard , Garrit Howard.

Demographics

At the United States Census 2010 there were 5,043 people in Winona, of whom 52.8% were of African American origin, 45.8% were of white origin, 0.6% of Asian origin, 0.2% of original American origin, 0.4% with more than two countries of origin and 0.7% of other origins.

At the United States Census 2000 there were still 5,482 people in 2,098 households and 1,456 families in Winona. Of the 2,098 households, 32.9% had children under the age of 18, 41.5% lived together or were married, 24.3% had a woman as the head of the family and no man in the household and 30.6% were single households. 15.2% of households were enlivened by people over 65 alone. The average number of people per household was 2.55 and the average per family was 3.14.

The population was divided into 27.9% people under 18 years of age, 9.1% people between 18 and 24, 24.1% between 25 and 44, 20.8% between 45 and 64 and 18.1% over 65 years old. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 women there were 78.1 men and for persons under the age of 18 there were 70.2 men.

The median income for a household was $ 25,160 and that of a family was $ 31,619. The median salary for men was $ 30,163 and that for women was $ 17,549. The per capita income was $ 14,700. 24.5% of families and 27.4% of people lived below the poverty line.

sons and daughters of the town

climate

Monthly average, high and low temperature
month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Record high ° C 26th 29 31 33 36 38 40 39 40 36 31 28
Normal high ° C 11 14th 18th 22nd 26th 29 32 31 28 23 18th 13
Normal low ° C −2 −1 3 7th 13 17th 19th 18th 15th 7th 3 −1
Record low ° C −23 −18 −13 −4 2 4th 9 10 1 −3 −11 −19
Precipitation 5.41 4.65 6.36 5.52 5.05 4.27 4.48 3.16 3.62 3.32 5.07 6.13
Source: weather.com

economy

Since 2008, Winona has been connected to the water and electricity network via Interstate 55 , which has given the city's economy a significant boost.

education

Public schools

Private schools

Media

Newspapers

Radio station

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chana Kai Lee. For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000. pp. 45-60
  2. ↑ http://www.hotelsaccommodation.com.au/Winona-United_States/
  3. ^ EW Hammons (1882–1962) , imdb.com
  4. ↑ Chip Oliver , pro-football-reference.com
  5. ↑ http://www.ustravelweather.com/weather-mississippi/jackson-weather.asp (link not available)

Web links

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