Mayersville, Mississippi

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Weather in:
Mayersville

Fair
Temperature: 45.0 °F

Humidity: 66 %
Wind Speed: 11 mph SE
Pressure: 30.06 "

Dew Point: 34 °F
Gusts: 11 mph SE
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Charges dismissed in 2004 shooting
  

  The Jackson police detective who investigated the shooting that left then-18-year-old Jercelle Anderson paralyzed in 2004 said she didn't know charges had been dismissed against the man Anderson picked from a ...

• Obama's win has roots in Mississippi
  

  JACKSON - It was a mixed-race ticket and the black man was at the top. His running mate was white.

• Local shelters opening today
  

  Seven evacuation shelters will open at noon today in Warren and Issaquena counties, and Vicksburg area Red Cross Emergency Services Director Janice Sawyer said she expects them to fill quickly with Hurricane ...

• Six churches on standby to be Red Cross shelters
  

  Evacuees fleeing Hurricane Gustav will prompt shelters to open in central Mississippi - possibly by Sunday - if local American Red Cross officials receive the go-ahead from state and local government.

• Vicksburg inmates will be driven to Carthage
  

  Vicksburg has signed a contract to ferry city prisoners to Leake County, 92 miles to the east.

City Description

Mayersville is a town in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 795 at the 2000 census. Mayersville was after David Mayer, on whose plantation the town was built. It is the county seat of Issaquena County. One of its more famous inhabitants was Unita Blackwell, Mississippi's first black female mayor, who was elected in 1977. She became president of the U.S. National Conference of Black Mayors. Mayersville is located at 32°54′4″N 91°3′2″W / 32.90111, -91.05056 (32.901179, -91.050585). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²), none of which is covered by water. As of the census of 2000, there were 795 people, 190 households, and 126 families residing in the town. The population density was 710.7 people per square mile (274.1/km²). There were 212 housing units at an average density of 189.5/sq mi (73.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 11.95% White, 88.05% Black or African American, and 0.13% Hispanic or Latino. There were 190 households out of which 40.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.3% were married couples living together, 31.1% had a female householder with no

City Contained By:

• Issaquena County
• Mississippi

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 2.84898692137 km squared

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