Inverness, Mississippi Facts for Kids

Inverness is a town in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,019 at the 2010 census. As the town had the largest cotton gin in the Mississippi Delta, it served as a gathering place for farmers from the region when they brought their cotton for processing. The town was heavily damaged by a tornado in 1971.

Historic weather event
Geography
Demographics
- 2020 census
- 2010 census
Education
Notable people
See also

Historic weather event

The small town was virtually destroyed on February 21, 1971, when an F5 tornado, one of many storms in the outbreak, struck more than a dozen towns in portions of Louisiana and Mississippi. A total of 36 people were killed in rural Mississippi as a result of the storm. Twenty-one of the victims were from Inverness, where a broad section of houses were destroyed.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), all land.

Inverness is about 90 miles (140 km) north of Jackson.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1910	221	—
1920	561	153.8%
1930	683	21.7%
1940	677	−0.9%
1950	1,010	49.2%
1960	1,039	2.9%
1970	1,119	7.7%
1980	1,034	−7.6%
1990	1,174	13.5%
2000	1,153	−1.8%
2010	1,019	−11.6%
2020	868	−14.8%
U.S. Decennial Census

2020 census

Inverness Racial Composition
Race	Num.	Perc.
White	432	49.77%
Black or African American	410	47.24%
Native American	2	0.23%
Asian	1	0.12%
Other/Mixed	14	1.61%
Hispanic or Latino	9	1.04%

As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 868 people, 355 households, and 256 families residing in the town.

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 1,019 people living in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 50.7% Black, 47.6% White, 0.2% Native American, 0.6% Asian and 0.2% from two or more races. 0.7% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Central Delta Academy, prior to 2010, when it closed.

The Town of Inverness is served by the Sunflower County Consolidated School District (formerly Sunflower County School District). Residents are zoned to school in Moorhead, Mississippi. As of 2012^[update] it was zoned to Ruleville Central High School (now Thomas E. Edwards, Sr. High School), at the time the sole school of the district.

After desegregation began in Inverness in the mid-20th century, white parents withdrew their children from the white public school, which closed. The white high school students began attending a private school in Indianola. Formerly Inverness School (K-8) is the sole public school in Inverness. Inverness School closed in 2022, with students redirected to Moorhead.

Central Delta Academy was constructed in Inverness as a segregation academy, a private school for white students whose parents did not want them in the public school system, which was under federal rulings to desegregate. It closed on May 21, 2010. The building was auctioned off in 2011, and was bulldozed soon thereafter.

Colleges and universities

Delta State University, a public research university, and Mississippi Valley State University, a historically black college, are in the area.

Public libraries

The Sunflower County Library operates the Inverness Public Library. It was previously in a "Community House". In 1962 its location changed to that of a facility that was formerly a grocery store. By 2012 it was in Inverness City Hall.

Little Milton

Notable people

Mary E. Flowers, member of the Illinois House of Representatives
Boyd Gilmore Delta blues musician
Samuel Jones, composer and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee
Willie Kent, blues musician
Little Milton, blues musician and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame member
Ernie Terrell, boxer
Norris Thomas, professional American football player

Inverness, Mississippi facts for kids

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