Mound Bayou
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city in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Bolivar
- Founded
- July 12, 1887
- Incorporated city status
- February 23, 1898 , May 12, 1972
- Mayor
- Leighton Aldridge
- Total
- 0.88 sq mi (2.27 km )
- Land
- 0.88 sq mi (2.27 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 144 ft (44 m)
- Density
- 1,749.8/sq mi (675.62/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 28-49320
- Website
- cityofmoundbayou.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Mound Bayou is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,534 at the 2020 census, down from 2,102 in 2000. It was founded as an independent Black community in 1887 by former slaves led by Isaiah Montgomery. Mound Bayou Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Mound Bayou has a 96.8% African-American majority population in 2020, one of the largest of any community in the United States.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mound Bayou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.