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Sunflower, Mississippi
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Home On The River
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Location of Sunflower, Mississippi
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 Sunflower, Mississippi
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Sunflower |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.61 sq mi (1.57 km2) |
| • Land | 0.61 sq mi (1.57 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 964 |
| • Density | 1,590.76/sq mi (614.01/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code |
38778
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| Area code(s) | 662 |
| FIPS code | 28-71600 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0678411 |
Sunflower is a town in Sunflower County, Mississippi. The population was 1,159 at the 2010 census.
Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1920 | 517 | — | |
| 1930 | 530 | 2.5% | |
| 1940 | 630 | 18.9% | |
| 1950 | 639 | 1.4% | |
| 1960 | 662 | 3.6% | |
| 1970 | 983 | 48.5% | |
| 1980 | 1,027 | 4.5% | |
| 1990 | 729 | −29.0% | |
| 2000 | 696 | −4.5% | |
| 2010 | 1,159 | 66.5% | |
| 2020 | 964 | −16.8% | |
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2020 census
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
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| White | 103 | 10.68% |
| Black or African American | 846 | 87.76% |
| Native American | 2 | 0.21% |
| Other/Mixed | 8 | 0.83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 0.52% |
As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 964 people, 424 households, and 278 families residing in the town.
Education
The Town of Sunflower is served by the Sunflower County Consolidated School District (formerly Sunflower County School District).
- Elementary students are zoned to Ruleville Central Elementary School
- 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.
Students were formerly zoned to East Sunflower Elementary School, until it closed in 2022. Students were reassigned to Ruleville Central Elementary.
Sunflower is also home to the Sunflower County Freedom Project, an independent, non-profit after-school program for middle- and high-school students, based on the Freedom Schools of the 1960s.
Notable people
- Willie Best, African-American actor from the 1930s and 1940s
- Jerry Butler, soul singer, inductee in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Craig Claiborne, longtime food critic for the New York Times
- Larry Herndon, Major League Baseball player, outfielder for 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy, blues guitarist
- Big John Wrencher, blues harmonica player and singer
- Little Milton, blues singer and guitarist, inductee in Blues Hall of Fame
See also
In Spanish: Sunflower (Misisipi) para niños
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