Baldwyn, Mississippi facts for kids
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Baldwyn, Mississippi
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| City of Baldwyn | |||
Downtown Baldwyn
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| Motto(s):
"A city on the move"
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Location in Lee County and Mississippi
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 Baldwyn, Mississippi
Location in the United States
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| Country |  United States |
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| State |  Mississippi |
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| Founded | November 20, 1860 | ||
| Incorporated | April 1, 1861 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Mayor–Council | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 11.64 sq mi (30.15 km2) | ||
| • Land | 11.59 sq mi (30.03 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 374 ft (114 m) | ||
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 3,071 | ||
| • Density | 264.88/sq mi (102.27/km2) | ||
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) | ||
| ZIP code(s) |
38824, 38849
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| Area code(s) | 662 | ||
| FIPS code | 28-02700 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 2403150 | ||
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| Major airport | Memphis Airport (MEM) | ||
Baldwyn is a city in Lee and Prentiss counties, Mississippi, United States. It is located in the northern part of the Tupelo micropolitan area. Founded in 1860, the population was 3,071 at the 2020 census.
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History
Located five miles north of Guntown, the main street of Baldwyn runs along the county line of Lee and Prentiss counties. It has the unusual distinction of having been incorporated in four counties. Founded on November 20, 1860, it was incorporated by an act of the Legislature in Tishomingo and Itawamba counties on April 1, 1861. Lee county was formed from parts of Itawamba and Pontotoc on October 26, 1866, while Tishomingo was divided into Alcorn, Prentiss, and Tishomingo on April 15, 1870.
Baldwyn is an outgrowth of the village of Carrollville: when the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was being built during the years of 1848 to 1861, it missed Carrollville by one and one-half miles and the citizens moved to the new town of Baldwyn, which was named for the civil engineer who surveyed the road through the town. Tishomingo, chief of the Chickasaw nation, lived at Carrollville but died near Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1839 of smallpox while being moved west with his tribe.
Geography
In the 2000 census, 1,892 of the city's 3,321 residents (57.0%) lived in Prentiss county and 1,429 (43.0%) in Lee county. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.6 square miles (30 km2), of which 11.5 square miles (30 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.43%) is water.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1870 | 133 | — | |
| 1880 | 477 | 258.6% | |
| 1900 | 560 | — | |
| 1910 | 787 | 40.5% | |
| 1920 | 922 | 17.2% | |
| 1930 | 1,106 | 20.0% | |
| 1940 | 1,279 | 15.6% | |
| 1950 | 1,567 | 22.5% | |
| 1960 | 2,023 | 29.1% | |
| 1970 | 2,366 | 17.0% | |
| 1980 | 3,427 | 44.8% | |
| 1990 | 3,204 | −6.5% | |
| 2000 | 3,321 | 3.7% | |
| 2010 | 3,297 | −0.7% | |
| 2020 | 3,071 | −6.9% | |
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2020 census
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
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| White | 1,512 | 49.23% |
| Black or African American | 1,443 | 46.99% |
| Native American | 6 | 0.2% |
| Asian | 11 | 0.36% |
| Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.03% |
| Other/Mixed | 68 | 2.21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 30 | 0.98% |
As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 3,071 people, 1,162 households, and 680 families residing in the city.
Education
Baldwyn is served by the Baldwyn School District.
Infrastructure
The Booneville/Baldwyn Airport is owned by the cities of Booneville and Baldwyn. It is located in Prentiss county, six nautical miles (6.9 mi; 11 km) southwest of Booneville's central business district.
Notable people
- R. H. Allen (1840–1895), Mississippi state senator (1872–1880)
- Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush (1916–1991), secretary of the Democratic National Committee from 1944 to 1980
- Elijah Allen Cox (1887–1974), United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi from 1929 to 1974
- Tim Ford (1951–2015), Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1988 to 2004
- Babe McCarthy (1923–1975), American professional and collegiate basketball coach
- Laura Pendergest-Holt (born 1973), convicted Ponzi scheme artist, financier, and former Chief Investment Officer of Stanford Financial Group
- Elijah Pierce (1892–1984), American woodcarver
- Paul A. G. Stewart (born 1941), 50th Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church
- W. H. H. Tison (1822–1882), 39th speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Murdered while in office in downtown Baldwyn.
See also
In Spanish: Baldwyn para niños
