Editing Bogue Chitto, Mississippi

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'''Bogue Chitto''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) situated in [[Kemper County, Mississippi|Kemper]] and [[Neshoba County, Mississippi|Neshoba]] counties, [[Mississippi]]. The population was 864 at the 2020 census. It is part of the [[Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians]] Reservation and the population is 93% Choctaw.

==History==
During [[Freedom Summer]] of 1964 and a voter registration drive, three civil rights workers: [[James Chaney]], [[Andrew Goodman (activist)|Andrew Goodman]] and [[Michael Schwerner]], were killed by [[Ku Klux Klan members]] about 10 miles north of Bogue Chitto on the night of June 21, 1964. Their bodies were discovered by the FBI and other law enforcement, buried in an earthen dam on the [[Old Jolly Farm]] in [[Neshoba County, Mississippi]] in August 1964.<ref name="MiM PBS">{{cite web |title=Murder in Mississippi |website=[[PBS]] |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedomsummer-murder/ |accessdate=17 December 2019}}</ref> The murders galvanized national attention and contributed to passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].

The events were the subject of the 1988 drama film ''[[Mississippi Burning]]''.

==Etymology==
The name Bogue Chitto, meaning "Big Creek," comes from the [[Choctaw language|Choctaw]] words "bok" (creek) and "chito" (big).<ref>{{cite book |last=Read |first=William A. |date=1984 |title=Indian Place Names in Alabama |location=[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] |publisher=[[University of Alabama Press]] |page=8 |isbn=9780817302313}}</ref>

==Geography==
Much of the [[Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians|Mississippi Choctaw Indian Reservation]] is in [[Neshoba County, Mississippi|Neshoba County]] with a portion extending into western [[Kemper County, Mississippi|Kemper County]].<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2807330&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on American FactFinder Reference Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608183106/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2807330&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=June 8, 2011 }}</ref> Bogue Chitto is one of 8 communities in the nation.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 6.3&nbsp;square miles (16.4&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 6.3&nbsp;square miles (16.3&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) are land and 0.04&nbsp;square mile (0.1&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (0.63%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 864
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Bogue Chitto racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2807330&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|49
|5.67%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|36
|4.17%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|731
|84.61%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|33
|3.82%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|15
|1.74%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''864'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 864 people, 114 households, and 92 families residing in the CDP.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 533 people, 160 households, and 127 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|84.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 169 housing units at an average density of {{convert|26.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 5.82% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.38% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 92.68% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 1.13% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] comprised 0.38% of the population.

There were 160 households, out of which 40.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 31.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.6% were non-families. 11.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.33 and the average family size was 3.48.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 34.1% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 16.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,641, and the median income for a family was $16,597. Males had a median income of $18,250 versus $15,240 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $6,080. About 56.1% of families and 54.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 58.3% of those under age 18 and 80.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The Neshoba County portion of Bogue Chitto is served by the [[Neshoba County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28099_neshoba/DC20SD_C28099.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Neshoba County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-08-06}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28099_neshoba/DC20SD_C28099_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> The [[Kemper County School District]] serves the portion of Bogue Chitto that lies in Kemper County.

Native American students are eligible to attend schools in the [[Choctaw Tribal School System]], which is operated by the Mississippi Band of [[Choctaw]] Indians. Bogue Chitto Elementary School is in the community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.choctawtribalschools.com/boguechittoelementary|title=Home|publisher=Bogue Chitto Elementary School|accessdate=2022-08-06|quote=13241 Highway 491 North Philadelphia, MS 39050}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[The Hodges Brothers]], [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] quartet<ref>{{cite web |title=Bogue Chitto Flingding: Old Time Mississippi Country Music |url=https://folkways.si.edu/the-hodges-brothers/bogue-chitto-flingding/bluegrass-country-old-time/music/album/smithsonian |website=Smithsonian Folk Ways Recordings |access-date=July 2, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Kemper County, Mississippi}}
{{Neshoba County, Mississippi}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Neshoba County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Kemper County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Mississippi]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Meridian micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians]]
[[Category:Mississippi placenames of Native American origin]]