Roxie, Mississippi

Template:Other uses Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Roxie is a town in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 497 at the 2010 census,<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> down from 569 at the 2000 census. This rural town developed with the construction of railroads in the area.

History

Roxie was founded in 1886 on a plot of farmland donated by John Quincy Adams Graves,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> who was the County Supervisor and a former soldier in the Regimental Band of the 4th Volunteer Mississippi Regiment during the Civil War. The town was named in honor of Graves' newborn daughter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Roxie was incorporated in 1890.

The town was located at the crossroads of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway and the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. Most of the early residents were employed by the railroads or worked in the logging industry and sawmills.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Roxie's children attended the Roxie School, whose motto was Home of the Tigers. In 1962, the high school portion of the school shut down, and all students from grades 9 to 12 were bused to the new Franklin High School in Meadville. Roxie School continued for a few years after as an elementary school.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

Roxie is located in western Franklin County. U.S. Routes 84 and 98 pass through the town, leading east Template:Convert to Meadville, the county seat, and west Template:Convert to Natchez.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Roxie has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

Demographics

Roxie racial composition as of 2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	170	36.25%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	291	62.05%
Other/Mixed	5	1.07%
Hispanic or Latino	3	0.64%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 469 people, 136 households, and 119 families residing in the town.

Recreation

Significant forests and recreation areas are found nearby, including:

• Clear Springs Recreation Area, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
• Homochitto National Forest
• Sandy Creek Wildlife Management Area

Education

Roxie is served by the Franklin County School District.

Notable people

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Commemorative plaque honoring Richard Wright at Natchez

• Cat Iron, blues singer and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• James Ford Seale, Ku Klux Klan member convicted of conspiracy and of the 1964 kidnappings of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, two young African-American men who were drowned by him and fellow conspirators.
• Richard Nathaniel Wright (1908 – 1960), African-American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction. Wright was the grandson of slaves, and much of his literature concerned racial themes, especially those involving the struggles of African-Americans during the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.