Editing Raymond, Mississippi

{{short description|City in Mississippi, United States}}
{{about|the U.S. city|the American Civil War battle of the same name|Battle of Raymond}}
{{use American English|date=May 2023}}
{{use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Raymond, Mississippi
|settlement_type          = [[List of municipalities in Mississippi|City]]
|official_name            = City of Raymond
|motto                    = 
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|image_caption            = Little Big Store in Raymond
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|map_caption              = Location of Raymond, 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        = [[Hinds County, Mississippi|Hinds]]
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|leader_title             = Mayor
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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           = 7.46
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 1960
|population_density_km2   = 262.69
|population_density_sq_mi = 680.32
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|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
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|elevation_ft             = 266
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 39154
|area_code                = [[Area code 601|601/769]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 28-61160
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2404596<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2404596}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://www.raymondms.com}}
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Raymond''' is a city in [[Hinds County, Mississippi]], United States. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the city population was 1,933; in 2020, its population was 1,960. Raymond is one of two [[county seat]]s of Hinds County (along with [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]]) and is the home of the main campus of [[Hinds Community College]]. Raymond is part of the Jackson [[Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==History==
In 1829, three commissioners, including John B. Peyton, were appointed by [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Andrew Jackson]] to find a place near the center of [[Hinds County, Mississippi|Hinds County]] for the [[county seat]]. The current location of Raymond is a ridge about a mile from the center of the county, and was selected because the actual center was low and subject to flooding. The town of Raymond received its charter from the [[Mississippi]] [[legislature]] on December 15, 1830. Because of its status as a seat of justice and its proximity to the [[Natchez Trace]], Raymond developed quickly into a prosperous small town whose prosperity and small size have continued to this day.

In the late 1840s, Cooper's Well, a property near Raymond with a well that provided sulphured water, was developed into a resort for those seeking the perceived health benefits from its ingestion.

Construction of a new county courthouse was begun at the center of the town square in 1857 and completed in 1859; the work was largely done by enslaved African Americans. The courthouse is still in use as a secondary location of county legal matters (the city of Jackson having become the primary county seat). The [[Hinds County Courthouse (Raymond, Mississippi)|Raymond courthous]]e is considered by many {{who|date=March 2012}} to be a prime example of southern [[Greek Revival architecture]].

The [[Battle of Raymond]] was fought by [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] and Union soldiers near Raymond on May 12, 1863 as part of [[General]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]]'s [[Vicksburg Campaign]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Four days later, the pivotal [[Battle of Champion Hill]] was won by Grant's troops and sealed the fate of [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]]. Grant stayed at Waverly, the plantation of John B. Peyton, and Union soldiers used St. Mark's Episcopal Church as a hospital. Blood stains can still be seen on the church's floor from that period.

Construction of a water tower was begun in 1903 in the center of the town square. It and the courthouse are landmarks for the town. A small agricultural high school was opened in 1917; it developed as [[Hinds Community College]], which has several sites and the largest student body of any college in the state.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.0|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 488
|1900= 483
|1910= 579
|1920= 500
|1930= 547
|1940= 641
|1950= 1259
|1960= 1381
|1970= 1620
|1980= 1967
|1990= 2275
|2000= 1664
|2010= 1933
|2020= 1960
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 21, 2014}}</ref><br>2013 Estimate<ref name="2013 Pop Estimate">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2014-10-21}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Raymond racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2861160&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-16|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|764
|38.98%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,124
|57.35%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|2
|0.1%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|4
|0.2%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|2
|0.1%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|35
|1.79%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|29
|1.48%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,960 people, 361 households, and 202 families residing in the city.

==Government and infrastructure==
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Raymond Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/raymond-115-port-gibson-st-raymond-ms-1378869 Post Office™ Location - RAYMOND]." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on February 1, 2011.</ref>

The [[Mississippi Department of Human Services]] operates the [[Oakley Training School]] in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Hinds County, Mississippi|Hinds County]], near Raymond.<ref name="DivYouthPers">"[http://www.mdhs.state.ms.us/dys_personnel.html Division of Youth Services] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113011314/http://www.mdhs.state.ms.us/dys_personnel.html |date=2010-01-13 }}." [[Mississippi Department of Human Services]]. Retrieved on July 1, 2010. "2375 Oakley Road | Raymond, MS 39154."</ref>

==Education==
[[Hinds Community College]] has a Raymond campus.

Residents are within the [[Hinds County School District]], and are zoned to Raymond Elementary School, Carver Middle School, and [[Raymond High School (Mississippi)|Raymond High School]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721164057/http://www.hinds.k12.ms.us/184910101617857560/lib/184910101617857560/attendance_zone.jpg attendance_zone.jpg]." [[Hinds County School District]]. July 21, 2011. Retrieved on December 29, 2018.</ref>

[[Jackson Hinds Library System]] operates the Raymond Public Library at the Hinds Courthouse annex.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20181229123409/http://www.jhlibrary.com/calendar-for-location/Raymond-Public-Library/201812 Raymond Public Library]." [[Jackson Hinds Library System]]. Retrieved on December 29, 2018.</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Willie Banks (musician)|Willie Banks]], [[gospel music]] singer<ref>{{cite journal|title=Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia|first=Bil|last=Carpenter|year=2005|pages=34–5}}</ref>
* [[Cory Carter]], [[American football]] [[punter (American football)|punter]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Football Roster |url=https://tsusports.com/sports/football/roster/cory-carter/1282 |website=TSUsports.com |access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref>
* [[Stephen Head]], [[Major League Baseball]] scout<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Head Stats |url=https://www.milb.com/player/stephen-head-460115 |website=MiLB.com |access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref>
* [[George Caldwell Granberry]], former state legislator who served as postmaster of Raymond
* [[Rick Lawson]], gospel music singer<ref>{{cite book|title=Living Blues|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eK8JAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Living Blues Publications|page=89}}</ref>
* [[Muna Lee (writer)|Muna Lee]], Pan-American poet and first wife of [[Luis Muñoz Marín]].
* [[Kansas Joe McCoy]], [[Delta blues]] singer<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Blues]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-673-1|page=260}}</ref>
* [[D. P. Porter]], 25th [[Secretary of State of Mississippi]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Weekly Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on June 29, 1899 · Page 8|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/242030667/?terms=D%20P%20Porter&match=1|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Susan Dabney Smedes]], teacher and author<ref>{{Cite web|title=Summary of Memorials of a Southern Planter|url=https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/smedes/summary.html|access-date=2021-01-19|website=docsouth.unc.edu|first=Jennifer L.|last=Larson}}</ref>
* [[Jeremy Williams (Canadian football)|Jeremy Williams]], American player of Canadian football
* [[John Bell Williams]], [[governor of Mississippi]] from 1968 to 1972, was born in Raymond.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="160" heights="160" perrow="5" class="center">
File:Cooper's Well, Raymond..jpg|Cooper's Well, {{Circa|1900}}
File:Cooper's Well Resort, Raymond..jpg|Cooper's Well Resort, {{Circa|1900}}
File:Hinds County (MS) District 2 Courthouse.jpg|Raymond Courthouse
File:Raymond Watertower portrait.jpg|Raymond water tower
File:Cain Cochran Hall HCC.jpg|Cain Cochran Hall on the Raymond Campus of [[Hinds Community College]]
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.raymondms.com City website]
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130415162725/http://raymondhistory.org/ History of Raymond, Mississippi]}}

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[[Category:Cities in Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi]]
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[[Category:County seats in Mississippi]]
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