Editing Duncan, Mississippi

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Duncan, Mississippi
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|nickname                 = "Best Little Town in the Mississippi Delta"
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|map_caption              = Location of Duncan, Mississippi
|pushpin_map              = USA
|pushpin_map_caption      = Location in the United States
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Mississippi]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Mississippi|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Bolivar County, Mississippi|Bolivar]]
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|leader_name              = 
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_28.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 2.37
|area_land_km2            = 2.37
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.92
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.92
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 276
|population_density_km2   = 116.36
|population_density_sq_mi = 301.31
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|elevation_ft             = 157
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 38740
|area_code                = [[Area code 662|662]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 28-20380
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|blank1_info              = 2406405<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2406405}}</ref>
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'''Duncan''' is a town in [[Bolivar County, Mississippi|Bolivar County]], [[Mississippi]], United States. Per the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 276.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Duncan town, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2820380|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref>

==History==
Duncan is named for an early "leading citizen."<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n109 110]}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2}}, all land.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 172
|1910= 284
|1920= 322
|1930= 337
|1940= 419
|1950= 436
|1960= 465
|1970= 599
|1980= 501
|1990= 416
|2000= 578
|2010= 423
|2020= 276
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Duncan town, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br><small>{{nobold|''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 may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Duncan town, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2820380&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Duncan town, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2820380&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|104
|80
|24.59%
|28.99%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|308
|183
|72.81%
|66.30%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|0.00%
|0.36%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|0
|5
|0.00%
|1.81%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|11
|7
|2.60%
|2.54%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''423'''
|'''276'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 Census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 578 people, 177 households, and 124 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|620.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 186 housing units at an average density of {{convert|199.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 19.55% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 77.51% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.69% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.11% of the population.

There were 177 households, out of which 42.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 26.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.47.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 33.4% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $14,286, and the median income for a family was $16,875. Males had a median income of $24,750 versus $11,429 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $8,329. About 51.1% of families and 58.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 75.4% of those under age 18 and 29.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Duncan is served by the [[North Bolivar Consolidated School District]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28011_bolivar/DC20SD_C28011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512221234/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28011_bolivar/DC20SD_C28011.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bolivar County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=May 12, 2021}}</ref> formerly known as the North Bolivar School District until it consolidated in 2014.<ref>"[https://mpe.org/mpe/documents/Consolidation.Final.pdf School District Consolidation in Mississippi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702083623/https://mpe.org/mpe/documents/Consolidation.Final.pdf |date=2017-07-02 }}." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).</ref><ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st28_ms/c28011_bolivar/DC10SD_C28011_001.pdf SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Bolivar County, MS]." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on May 25, 2018. Note that the map is from 2010; the Mound Bayou and North Bolivar districts merged in 2014. This map shows Duncan was in the pre-merger North Bolivar district.</ref>

Students are zoned to Brooks Elementary School in Duncan, as it belonged to the pre-consolidation North Bolivar School District,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbsd.k12.ms.us/|title=Home|publisher=North Bolivar School District|date=November 12, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051112161349/http://www.nbsd.k12.ms.us/|accessdate=May 12, 2021|archive-date=November 12, 2005}}</ref> and [[Northside High School (Mississippi)|Northside High School]] (the only secondary school in the district) in [[Shelby, Mississippi|Shelby]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcsd.k12.ms.us/|title=North Bolivar Consolidated School District|website=Nbcsd.k12.ms.us}}</ref>

Northside High opened in 2018 after [[Broad Street High School (Mississippi)|Broad Street High School]] in Shelby consolidated into it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2018/08/23/mississippi-delta-families-protest-consolidated-high-school-delta/1075314002/|title=Students staying home to protest high school consolidation|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[The Clarion Ledger]]|date=August 23, 2018|accessdate=May 12, 2021}}</ref> Shelby Middle School closed in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Davis Betz|first=Kelsey|url=https://mississippitoday.org/2018/01/24/mound-bayou-one-of-two-delta-schools-to-close-as-enrollment-funds-dwindle/|title=Mound Bayou school one of two in Delta to close as enrollment, funds dwindle |work=[[Mississippi Today]]|date=January 24, 2018|accessdate=May 12, 2021}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Eddie C. Campbell]], musician
*[[Bobby Crespino]], former tight end for the [[Cleveland Browns]] and [[New York Giants]]
*[[Willie Love]], musician

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|Duncan, Mississippi}}
{{Bolivar County, Mississippi}}

==Further reading==
*Miles, Loyce Braswell.  “Duncan, Mississippi: The Origins and Survival of a Town,” ''Journal of the Bolivar County Historical Society'', pp.&nbsp;5–7 (March 1983).

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[[Category:Towns in Bolivar County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Towns in Mississippi]]