Derma, Mississippi

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• Kids' Wonderland At Derma
  

  By JOEL McNEECE What began with a single plastic snowman and a few old-fashioned C9 colored lights has grown into the largest Christmas light display in Calhoun County.

• Pittsboro Grants Deed For Courthouse
  

  By JOEL McNEECE Derma and Pittsboro held brief monthly meetings last week with little business conducted.

• Calhoun Artists Give Unique Touch, '69 Caddy
  

  By JOEL McNEECE Jacova Jenkinsa 1969 Cadillac El Dorado was unique when he first purchased the vehicle a year ago from Ole Miss professor Dr.

• Bratton Family Music
  

  By JOEL McNEECE When you say "Bratton Family" in Calhoun County, the first word to come to mind is most often "music." That's because Larry Bratton, of Calhoun City, his sister Linda Ann Ward, of Bruce, and ...

• 75 Years Of Wedded Bliss
  

  By JOEL McNEECE Sam Hartley and Lorene Robertson were considered "too young" to get married.

• City seeks proposals
  

  By Mack Spencer Monitor-Herald Calhoun City began the process of rehabilitating its sewer lagoon by advertising for engineering services for the $400,000 project.

• Derma Works To Keep Highway Project Moving
  

  By JOEL McNEECE The Derma Board of Aldermen agreed to seek needed property from Diane Harmon by imminent domain to insure a project to 3-lane a portion of Hwy.

• Calhoun County's Milkman
  

  By JOEL McNEECE The sun isn't up yet, but David Ray Barnette, Calhoun County's modern-day milkman, is.

• Derma Youth Arrested For Burglaries
  

  By LISA McNEECE A Derma youth has been charged with two burglaries in south Calhoun last week.

• Beauty hits for a fabulous fall
  

  You had fun in the sun, but your hair didn't love it quite so much. What to do for your dry and lustreless locks? NYC mane maestros Bumble and Bumble use tropical butters to pump up their newest hair hydrator, ...

• Equine Artistry
  

  By JOEL McNEECE Every shelf in the tiny room is packed with wire racks holding countless tubes of oil paints.

• Calhoun City VFW Asks Board For $1,200
  

  By JO ANN DENLEY David Mitchell, quartermaster of Calhoun City's newly reorganized VFW, asked the Calhoun City Board at their meeting last night for $1,200 to pay utility bills.

• County towns join
  

  Town officials jumped the gun on Terry Fales and his message on cleaning up property.

• Mayor Talks Cleanup, Dogs To Vardaman Chamber
  

  Vardaman Mayor James Casey said there are no quick fixes, but the town is doing what it can to improve property appearance and squelch dog-related issues around town.

• Calhoun County Mayors Meet In Bruce
  

  By JOEL McNEECE Four Calhoun County mayors gathered in Bruce last week to rekindle an old practice of regular meetings to share ideas, problems, and possible solutions.

• Derma Keeps Millage Rate Same
  

  By JOEL McNEECE The Derma Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to maintain its same millage rate of 24.5 mills for next fiscal year at last week's monthly board meeting.

City Description

Derma is a town in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,023 at the 2000 census. Derma is located at 33°51′24″N 89°17′11″W / 33.85667, -89.28639 (33.856531, -89.286384). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,023 people, 374 households, and 287 families residing in the town. The population density was 909.3 people per square mile (349.5/km²). There were 397 housing units at an average density of 352.9/sq mi (135.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 57.67% African American, 41.45% White, 0.10% Native American, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.10% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.39% of the population. There were 374 households out of which 40.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were married couples living together, 24.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the

City Contained By:

• Calhoun County
• Mississippi

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 2.84898692137 km squared

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