Okolona (Mississippi)
Chickasaw County
28-53680
Okolona is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and next to Houston one of two administrative seats of Chickasaw County in the north of the U.S. state of Mississippi. In 2010, Okolona had 2692 inhabitants.
Geography
Okolona is located at 34 ° 00'21 " north latitude and 88 ° 45'02 " west longitude and extending 16.5 km ².
Towns nearby Okolona are Shannon ( 14.3 km NNE ), Nettleton (21,5 km northeast) and Amory (25,9 km east ).
The nearest major cities are Memphis, Tennessee (208 km north-west ), Birmingham, Alabama (218 km east-southeast ) and the Mississippi capital Jackson (256 km southwest).
Traffic
In Okolona Mississippi Highways 32, 41 and 245 meet together. All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved driveways and local roads.
In north -south railway line runs through the urban area of Okolona.
In the northeastern area of Okolona is the Okolona Municipal Airport is a small regional airport. The nearest major airports are the Memphis International Airport (193 km north-west ) and the Jackson - Evers International Airport (267 km southwest).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Okolona 2692 people in 1081 households. The population density was 163.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1081 households lived statistically 2.43 per person.
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. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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 median annual income for a household was $ 18,578. The per capita income was $ 10,854. 41.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
History
The name comes from the language of Okolona Chickasaw and was the name given to a warrior wore this tribe. On February 22, 1864 battle was fought in Okolona, in which the Confederates defeated the Union forces under William Sooy Smith, led by Nathan Bedford Forrest.