Thaxton, Mississippi

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Thaxton

Fair
Temperature: 33.2 °F

Humidity: 56 %
Wind Speed: 10 mph SSE
Pressure: 30.09 "

Dew Point: 19 °F
Gusts: 17 mph SE
Rain Today: 0.00 "

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• Tuition grant praised county-wide
  

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• Blaze destroys family home Sunday morning
  

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City Description

Thaxton is a town in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 513 at the 2000 census. There is a town of the same name in Virginia (see Thaxton, Virginia) Thaxton is located at 34°18′11″N 89°10′19″W / 34.30306, -89.17194 (34.302923, -89.171979). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.5 square miles (22.1 km²), of which, 8.5 square miles (22.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.47%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 513 people, 173 households, and 146 families residing in the town. The population density was 60.4 people per square mile (23.3/km²). There were 192 housing units at an average density of 22.6/sq mi (8.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.22% White and 0.78% African American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.17% of the population. There were 173 households out of which 49.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.8% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.6% were non-families. 12.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age

City Contained By:

• Pontotoc County
• Mississippi

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 22.0148989379 km squared

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