Editing Tate County, Mississippi

{{short description|County in Mississippi, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Tate County 
 | state                = Mississippi 
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = 1873 
 | seat wl              = Senatobia 
 | largest city wl      = Senatobia 
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 411 
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 405 
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 6.2 
 | area percentage      = 1.5 
 | population_as_of     = 2020 
 | population_total     = 28064 
 | pop_est_as_of        = 
 | population_est       = 
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto 
 | web                  = https://www.tatecountygov.com/
 | ex image             = Tate County Courthouse Front.jpg
 | ex image size        = 150px 
 | ex image cap         = Tate County Courthouse in Senatobia
 | district             = 1st
 | time zone            = Central
}}

'''Tate County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the northwestern portion of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Mississippi]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 28,064.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Tate County, Mississippi|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Tate_County,_Mississippi?g=0500000US28137|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 15, 2023}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Senatobia, Mississippi|Senatobia]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Organized in 1873 during the Reconstruction era, from portions of DeSoto, Marshall, and Tunica counties, the county is named for Thomas Simpson Tate, one of the first prominent American settlers of the area.

Tate County is part of the [[Memphis metropolitan area|Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. It is located about {{convert|40|mi|km|abbr=}} south of Memphis and one county east of the [[Mississippi River]]. This fertile river valley was developed for cotton cultivation in the 19th century.

==History==

As it was developed for cotton culture in the antebellum years, planters in the county depended on the labor of African American slaves. Blacks comprised a majority of the population for many decades. After Reconstruction, whites sometimes enforced their dominance through political intimidation or violence against blacks.

In 1932, a deputy sheriff and son of County Sheriff C.A. Williams, was allegedly shot by a black man, Jesse Williams. Sheriff Williams illegally organized a posse and murdered at least five and possibly as many as seven black people, family members of a man known as "Judge" Crawford.<!-- why? --> A month later Jesse Williams was caught, "tried" and lynched by hanging. No charges were ever considered against the sheriff or lynch mob.<ref name="Crawford family">{{cite web|title=Entire Black Family Murdered In Unsuccessful Manhunt (1932)|url=http://www.thiscruelwar.com/entire-black-family-murdered-unsuccessful-manhunt/|access-date=December 16, 2017 |url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604014451/http://www.thiscruelwar.com/entire-black-family-murdered-unsuccessful-manhunt/ |archive-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[Image:Senatobiacountymap.gif|thumb|left|250px|Map of Tate County]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|411|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|405|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|6.2|sqmi}} (1.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_28.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 8, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928074019/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_28.txt|archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> It is the third-smallest county in Mississippi by land area.

===Major highways===
{{div col}}
* [[Image:I-55.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 55 in Mississippi|Interstate 55]]
* [[Image:US 51.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 51 in Mississippi|U.S. Route 51]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 3.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 3]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 4.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 4]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 304.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 304|Mississippi Scenic Highway 304]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 305.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 305]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 306.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 306]]
* [[Image:Circle sign 740.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 740]]
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties===
* [[DeSoto County, Mississippi|DeSoto County]] (north)
* [[Marshall County, Mississippi|Marshall County]] (east)
* [[Lafayette County, Mississippi|Lafayette County]] (southeast)
* [[Panola County, Mississippi|Panola County]] (south)
* [[Tunica County, Mississippi|Tunica County]] (west)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 18721
|1890= 19253
|1900= 20618
|1910= 19714
|1920= 19636
|1930= 17671
|1940= 19309
|1950= 18011
|1960= 18138
|1970= 18544
|1980= 20119
|1990= 21432
|2000= 25370
|2010= 28886
|2020= 28064
|estyear=2023
|estimate=28261
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 5, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ms190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2013<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/28/28137.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 7, 2013|archive-date=June 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607052442/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/28/28137.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Tate County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US28137&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 7, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|18,019
|64.21%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|8,231
|29.33%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|52
|0.19%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|63
|0.22%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.0%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|893
|3.18%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|805
|2.87%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 28,064 people, 10,324 households, and 7,580 families residing in the county.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 25,370 people, 8,850 households, and 6,717 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|63|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 9,354 housing units at an average density of {{convert|23|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 67.84% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 31.02% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.20% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.10% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.56% from two or more races. 0.88% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 8,850 households, out of which 36.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.00% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.10% were non-families. 21.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.18.

As of 2000, the county's population was spread out, with 27.10% under the age of 18, 11.70% from 18 to 24, 27.50% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 11.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,836, and the median income for a family was $41,423. Males had a median income of $33,064 versus $21,154 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $16,154. About 10.60% of families and 13.50% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.20% of those under age 18 and 21.10% of those age 65 or over.

==Communities==
[[File:Tate County MS sign 002 2012-03-31.jpg|thumb|right]]

===City===
* [[Senatobia, Mississippi|Senatobia]] (county seat)

===Town===
* [[Coldwater, Mississippi|Coldwater]]

===Census-designated places===
* [[Arkabutla, Mississippi|Arkabutla]]
* [[Independence, Mississippi|Independence]]
* [[Strayhorn, Mississippi|Strayhorn]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col}}
* [[Cottonville, Mississippi|Cottonville]]
* [[Looxahoma, Mississippi|Looxahoma]]
* [[Sarah, Mississippi|Sarah]]
* [[Savage, Mississippi|Savage]]
* [[Thyatira, Mississippi|Thyatira]]
* [[Tyro, Mississippi|Tyro]]
{{div col end}}

==Education==
The school districts are:<ref name=TateCoSDmap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28137_tate/DC20SD_C28137.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Tate County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 20, 2024}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28137_tate/DC20SD_C28137_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Senatobia Municipal School District]]
* [[Tate County School District]]

==Politics==
Tate County has, since 1980, been a Republican stronghold, having shifted from being nearly unanimously Democratic for the first half of the 20th Century.

{{PresHead|place=Tate County, Mississippi|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 6, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|9,185|3,555|121|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|8,707|4,183|203|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|7,495|3,926|206|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|7,332|4,933|141|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|7,678|5,003|97|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|6,760|4,347|60|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|5,148|3,441|104|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,694|3,195|441|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|4,196|3,519|656|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,553|2,872|24|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,677|2,846|34|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,343|3,892|131|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,497|3,747|192|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,966|1,151|119|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|605|1,162|2,810|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|2,390|283|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1960|Dixiecrat|241|686|845|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|171|1,414|164|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|387|1,575|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|16|199|1,197|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|29|1,455|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3|1,609|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|7|1,088|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|9|986|1|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|42|1,274|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|6|1,002|6|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|117|876|11|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|18|1,074|7|Mississippi}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|23|612|70|Mississippi}}

==Notable people==
* Actor [[James Earl Jones]] was born in [[Arkabutla, Mississippi]], an unincorporated area of Tate County and lived here for five years. He was sent north to live with his maternal grandparents on their farm in [[Jackson, Michigan]].

==See also==
* [[Dry counties]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Tate County, Mississippi]]
* [[Northwest Mississippi Community College]]
* [[USS Tate (AKA-70)|U.S.S. Tate]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tate-county.com/ Tate County Economic Development Foundation]
* [http://www.thedemocrat.com/ The Democrat] - Weekly newspaper serving Tate County.
* [http://www.tatecountysheriff.com/ Tate County Sheriff]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Tate County, Mississippi
|North     = [[DeSoto County, Mississippi|DeSoto County]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Marshall County, Mississippi|Marshall County]]
|Southeast = [[Lafayette County, Mississippi|Lafayette County]]
|South     = [[Panola County, Mississippi|Panola County]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Tunica County, Mississippi|Tunica County]]
|Northwest =
}}

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