Marks, Mississippi

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Marks is a city in and the county seat of Quitman County, Mississippi.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,444.

History

The town of Marks was named after Leopold Marks (1851-1910) who left Germany to avoid conscription by the German army. He arrived in New York in 1868. Marks, a Jew, became Quitman County's first representative to the state legislature and served for eight years. He encouraged the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad to come to the area by giving the railroad company, without cost, the right-of-way through his plantation plus Template:Convert of land. Leopold Marks' son Henry donated land to the town to be used as a cemetery.<ref>Jews of Early Mississippi, University Press of Mississippi, pp. 77, 78</ref>

The official "founding" of the town is considered to be May 12, 1907; on May 12, 2007, the town celebrated its centennial.Template:Citation needed

On September 26, 1913, a black man named Walter Brownloe, accused of attacking a white farmer's wife, was taken from the town prison by a mob and hanged.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Marks was the starting point of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Poor People's Campaign in 1968.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Amtrak's City of New Orleans began stopping at Marks on April 4, 2018. A new station was built for passengers to get on or get off.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.

Climate

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Demographics

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2020 census

Marks racial composition<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	381	26.39%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	1,031	71.4%
Asian	4	0.28%
Other/Mixed	23	1.59%
Hispanic or Latino	5	0.35%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,444 people, 699 households, and 425 families residing in the city.

2000 census

As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 1,551 people, 579 households, and 387 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 643 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 34.62% White, 64.67% African American, 0.06% Native American, 0.19% Asian, and 0.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.39% of the population.

There were 579 households, out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.0% were married couples living together, 29.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.7% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $20,521, and the median income for a family was $27,153. Males had a median income of $25,100 versus $16,985 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,104. About 26.1% of families and 30.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.9% of those under age 18 and 27.7% of those age 65 or over.