Editing Drew, Mississippi (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}}, all land. Because of its small size, Billy Turner of ''[[The Times-Picayune]]'' said "[y]ou can travel all over town in a few minutes."<ref name="Turner">Turner, Billy. "[http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/the_hometown_archie_once_knew.html The hometown Archie once knew is no more]." ''[[The Times-Picayune]]''. Saturday January 26, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2012.</ref> Drew is in the vicinity of several plantations and the [[Mississippi State Penitentiary]] (Parchman), a [[Mississippi Department of Corrections]] prison for men.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wallace|first=Belinda Deneen|title=The Intolerable Burden|journal=[[The Journal of Negro Education]]|edition=Winter (northern hemisphere) 2005|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3626/is_200501/ai_n13641800|access-date=July 22, 2010|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629041011/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3626/is_200501/ai_n13641800|archive-date=June 29, 2007}}</ref>

Drew, in northern [[Sunflower County]],<ref name="BolPen">Wright, Chance. "[https://archive.today/20130118080314/http://www.bolivarcom.com/view/full_story/18163925/article-Students-protest-merger?instance=latest_articles Students protest merger]." ''[[The Bolivar Commercial]]''. April 8, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2012.</ref> is located on [[U.S. Route 49W]], on the route between [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]] and [[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]].<ref>McGill, Ralph. "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k2kUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PgEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4445,32442&dq=drew+school+parchman&hl=en The Valid Voice]." ''[[The Toledo Blade]]''. Saturday June 15, 1963. Page 6. Retrieved from [[Google News]] (4 of 16) on March 4, 2011.</ref> Drew is {{convert|8|mi|km}} south of the Mississippi State Penitentiary,<ref name="Downonfarm">Buntin, John. "[http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/Down-on-Parchman-Farm.html Down on Parchman Farm]." ''[[Governing Magazine]]''. July 27, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2010.</ref> and it is north of [[Ruleville, Mississippi|Ruleville]].<ref name="Moye28"/> [[Cleveland, Mississippi]] is {{convert|12|mi|km}} from Drew. Drew is north of [[Yazoo City]].<ref name="Turner"/>

Many houses in Drew are government-owned. Some houses sold for $6,000 to $8,000 in the year until 2008. Some Drew residents stated in 2008 that, if put on the market, some houses would sell for over $120,000.<ref name="Turner"/>