Meadville (Mississippi)

Franklin County

28-46200

Meadville is a city in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi, in the United States and is also the county seat. According to the official 2006 estimate, the number of inhabitants was 497, with a population density of 171.4 inhabitants per km ².

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Meadville covers an area of 2.9 km ², which account for all of it land.

History

The name is derived from Meadville Cowles Meade, a political leader and public official in the 19th century. On May 2, 1964 Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee were kidnapped by members of the Ku Klux Klan while hitchhiking, tortured and locked in a trunk. The car was pushed to the two in Mississippi, where they both drowned. No one was ever convicted of the crime.

Demography

At the last census in 2000 the following was recorded:

  • 519 people
  • 187 households
  • 126 families
  • 220 properties

Ethnic groups

Of the 519 residents counted, were

  • 82.85 % White
  • 15.41 % African American
  • 0.96% mixed race
  • 0.77 % Asian
  • 0.58% Hispanic

Age structure

Income ratios

The average annual income of a household is 31,750 U.S. dollars. The average annual income for a family is 46,250 U.S. dollars.

  • Average annual income of men: 28 542 USD
  • Average annual income of women: 26,500 U.S. dollars
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