Editing Magnolia, Mississippi

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| official_name      = Magnolia, Mississippi
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Pike County, Mississippi|Pike]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = [[Tammy Witherspoon]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| 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|access-date=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2     = 16.03
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| area_land_sq_mi    = 6.14
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 1883
| population_density_km2 = 118.36
| population_density_sq_mi = 306.53
| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
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| elevation_m        = 93
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| postal_code        = 39652
| area_code          = [[Area code 601|601]]
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'''Magnolia''' is a city in [[Pike County, Mississippi]] and the [[county seat]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The population was 2,420 at the 2010 census. Magnolia is within the [[McComb, Mississippi]] [[McComb micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Magnolia was founded in 1856 by Ansel H. Prewett, a local civic leader and cotton planter. Knowing that the approaching [[New Orleans]], [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], and Great Northern Railroad (now the [[Illinois Central Railroad]]) would need a station for water and fuel, Prewett sold a right-of-way to the railroad company – for one dollar, according to legend – and divided a section of his plantation into town lots, which he sold to investors. Prewett, while serving as temporary sheriff of Pike County, was killed by outlaws in the early 1870s escorting a prisoner on the very railroad that made Magnolia a viable community.<ref>Martha Lacy Hall, ''An Historical Sketch of Magnolia, Mississippi:  Centennial Celebration, Magnolia, Mississippi, 1856-1956''.  Magnolia, Mississippi:  W. M. Lacy, 1956.</ref>

Magnolia grew rapidly in the 1860s, and in the late nineteenth century Magnolia served as a popular small-town [[resort]] for wealthy New Orleanians, who took trains north from New Orleans to enjoy Magnolia's fresh air and sparkling creeks. At one time early Magnolia boasted an [[opera house]], [[ice rink|skating rink]], and several [[hotels]] that catered largely to these tourists.

In 1860 Magnolia's first newspaper, the ''[[Grand Trunk Magnolian]]'', was established by John Waddill.  It did not last the war and was succeeded by the establishment of the ''[[Magnolia Gazette]]'' by J.D. Burke in 1872.  The ''[[Magnolia Herald]]'' was established by Luke W. Conerly in 1875 and he continued as its proprietor and editor until 1878.<ref>[http://www.lukewardconerly.com''Pike County Mississippi 1798-1876 Pioneer Families and Confederate Soldiers''] by Luke W. Conerly 1909</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.3|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|3.2|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (1.52%) is water.

Within the city limits there is the confluence of the [[Minnehaha River]] and the Little Tangipahoa River.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 567
|1890= 676
|1900= 1088
|1910= 1823
|1920= 2012
|1930= 1660
|1940= 2125
|1950= 1984
|1960= 2083
|1970= 1970
|1980= 2461
|1990= 2245
|2000= 2071
|2010= 2420
|2020= 1883
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|website=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Workers in Magnolia, Mississippi.jpg|thumb|left|Child laborers scattered throughout the Magnolia Cotton Mills spinning room, 1911. Photo by [[Lewis Hine]].]]

{| class="wikitable"
|+Magnolia racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2844680&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-09|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|508
|26.98%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|1,276
|67.76%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|2
|0.11%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|5
|0.27%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|68
|3.61%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|24
|1.27%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,883 people, 825 households, and 444 families residing in the city.

==Notable people==
*[[Dorothy Bainton]], doctor and first woman to chair a department at [[University of California, San Francisco]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gold-Headed Cane Award – 1999 Dorothy F. Bainton |url=https://www.asip.org/ASIP/assets/file/awards/ghc/DorothyBainton.pdf |website=American Society for Investigative Pathologyy |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Prentiss Barnes]] (1925-2006), bass singer in the [[doo-wop]] group [[The Moonglows]]. Inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2000.
*[[Danny Brabham]], former [[American Football League]] player<ref>{{cite web |title=Danny Brabham |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BrabDa20.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Jeremy Bridges]], former [[National Football League]] player<ref>{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Drew |title=Throwback Thursday: Jeremy Bridges |url=https://247sports.com/college/southern-mississippi/article/this-weeks-throwback-thursday-features-former-southern-miss-offensive-lineman-jeremy-bridges-74963834/ |website=247sports.com |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Kelvin Butler]], member of the [[Mississippi Senate]] from 2004 to 2016 and 2021 to 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=South Pike Alumni of the Week |url=https://sphs.southpike.org/apps/news/article/1325935 |website=sphs.southpike.org |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Laphonza Butler]] (born 1979), [[U.S. Senator from California]].
*[[Angela Cockerham]], member of the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simms Robertson |first1=Sabrina |title=Rep. Cockerham's 'landmark bill' aiming to help rape victims obtain justice receives governor's signature |url=https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2023/04/27/rep-cockerhams-landmark-bill-aiming-to-help-rape-victims-obtain-justice-receives-governors-signature/ |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=The Natchez Democrat |date=April 27, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Jimmy Cockerham]], [[Negro league]] [[catcher]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jimmy Cockerham |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cockeji01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Aunjanue Ellis]] (born 1969), Oscar-nominated actress.
*[[Sam Holden]], former National Football League offensive tackle<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Holden |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HoldSa20.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Samuel C. Lancaster]], engineer and landscape artist<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/or/or0300/or0317/data/or0317data.pdf |title=Columbia River Highway Bridges Spanning various creeks along the Columbia River Highway |publisher=[[Historic American Engineering Record]] |page=5 |access-date=October 4, 2024 |via=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[Jim Marshall (defensive back)|Jim Marshall]], former [[Canadian Football League]] player<ref>{{cite web |title=James Marshall |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MarsJa20.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Evander McNair]], brigadier general in the [[Confederate States Army]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Evander McNair |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/evander-mcnair-7851/ |website=encyclopediaofarkansas.net |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Herman Neugass]] (1915–1991), track & field athlete who boycotted the 1935 Olympic trials
*[[Joseph Elias Norwood]], former member of the Mississippi Senate<ref>{{cite book |title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi |date=1912 |publisher=State of Mississippi |location=Jackson, Mississippi |page=371 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MoGAQAAIAAJ}}</ref>
*[[William W. Parsons (NASA)|William Parsons]], Director of the [[Kennedy Space Center]], oversaw return to flight following the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]] in 2003.
*[[Darryl Pounds]], former NFL player<ref>{{cite web |title=Darryl Pounds |url=https://profootballarchives.com/players/p/poun00200.html |website=profootballarchives.com |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[J. H. Price]], former justice of the [[Supreme Court of Mississippi]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, in 1932 |date=1933 |publisher=United States Supreme Court |location=Washington, D.C. |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j67AwGFVInQC}}</ref>
*[[Michael Farris Smith]], writer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bass |first=Erin Z. |date=September 12, 2013 |title=The World of Michael Farris Smith |url=https://deepsouthmag.com/2013/09/12/the-world-of-michael-farris-smith/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |website=[[Deep South Magazine]]}}</ref>
*[[Lynne Spears]] (born 1955), author and mother of [[Bryan Spears|Bryan]], [[Britney Spears|Britney]], and [[Jamie Lynn Spears]].
*[[Tre' Stallings]], former NFL player<ref>{{cite web |title=South Pike High Alumni of the Week |url=https://sphs.southpike.org/apps/news/article/1325939 |website=sphs.southpike.org |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Davion Taylor]] (born 1998), [[NFL]] Linebacker drafted by the [[Philadelphia Eagles]], 3rd round, in 2020.
*[[T. C. Taylor]], former NFL player and head coach of the [[Jackson State Tigers football|Jackson State Tigers]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keith |first1=J.T. |title=Jackson State football coach T.C. Taylor is given key to hometown of Magnolia |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/jackson-state/2023/02/23/tc-taylor-keys-to-city-magnolia-jackson-state-football-coach/69936154007/ |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=Clarion Ledger |date=February 23, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Thad Vann]], head football coach for the [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles football|Southern Miss Golden Eagles]] from 1949 to 1968 and member of the [[College Football Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Thad "Pie" Vann |url=https://msfame.com/inductees/thad-vann/ |website=msfame.com |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Sammy Williams (American football)|Sammy Williams]], former NFL offensive tackle

==Transportation==

===Highways===
* [[File:I-55.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 55]]
* [[File:US 51.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 51]]
* [[File:Circle sign 48.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 48]]

===Air===
* McComb-Pike County Airport

==Education==
The City of Magnolia is served by the [[South Pike School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28113_pike/DC20SD_C28113.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pike County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-27}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28113_pike/DC20SD_C28113_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

The town has one public [https://web.archive.org/web/20061007072843/http://www.pawls.lib.ms.us/magnolia.htm library.]

Pike County is in the district of [[Southwest Mississippi Community College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smcc.edu/about/welcome-from-the-president/|title=Welcome from the President|publisher=[[Southwest Mississippi Community College]]|access-date=2024-09-27}}</ref>

==Recreation==
* [[Percy Quin State Park]]
* [[Homochitto National Forest]] 42 miles away

==Climate==
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Magnolia has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=722335&cityname=Magnolia,+Mississippi,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Magnolia, Mississippi Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase|access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Magnolia Depot (Mississippi)|Magnolia Depot]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://magnoliagazette.com/magnoliahistory/ ''A Brief History of Magnolia'' by Lucius M. Lampton, MD]

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