Everything about Philadelphia Mississippi totally explained
Philadelphia is a city in and the
county seat of
Neshoba County,
Mississippi,
United States. The population was 7,303 at the 2000 census.
History
Philadelphia is most famous as the site of the
murder of three civil rights workers in 1964. This incident later became the basis for the movie
Mississippi Burning. Eighteen persons, including the sheriff and deputy sheriff, were charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for violating the civil rights of the three dead men; 7 were convicted. No legal action was taken on the actual murders by the state of Mississippi until 2005, when one of the participants,
Edgar Ray Killen, was convicted on three counts of manslaughter (one for each of the dead men).
In 1980
Ronald Reagan gave his first post-convention speech after being officially chosen as the Republican nominee for President of the United States a few miles from Philadelphia, announcing at the annual
Neshoba County Fair, that with specific regard to economic policy, "I believe in states' rights ... [I] believe we've distorted the balance of our government today by giving powers that were never intended to be given in the Constitution to that federal establishment." He went on to promise to "restore to states and local governments the power that properly belongs to them".
Some thought Reagan's speech marked the continuation of the successful Republican "
Southern strategy"; this was supposedly evidence of Reagan's libertarian belief in
federalism and a greater role for states in determining their own policies. However, given the history of Philadelphia, and Reagan's use of the words "states' rights", often interpreted as a desire to return to pre-Civil War laws regarding segregation, many felt that Reagan was at least insensitive to the concerns of blacks, or that he even was using this location and these words as a cynical appeal to the white racist vote.
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Geography
Philadelphia is located at (32.774070, -89.112891).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.6
square miles (27.5
km²), of which, 10.6 square miles (27.5 km²) of it's land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.19%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 7,303 people, 2,950 households, and 1,899 families residing in the city. The
population density was 688.1 people per square mile (265.8/km²). There were 3,302 housing units at an average density of 311.1/sq mi (120.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 55.54%
White, 40.12%
African American, 2.01%
Native American, 0.49%
Asian, 0.08%
Pacific Islander, 0.55% from
other races, and 1.20% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino were 1.51% of the population.
There were 2,950 households out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.8% were
married couples living together, 20.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the city the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 81.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $26,438, and the median income for a family was $30,756. Males had a median income of $30,731 versus $20,735 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $15,787. About 25.1% of families and 28.1% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 41.1% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The City of Philadelphia is served by the
Philadelphia Public School District.
Attractions
Economy
Notable natives
Philadelphia is the hometown of Olivia Williams Manning, the mother of current
NFL quarterbacks
Peyton and
Eli Manning. It is also the hometown of country music entertainer and
Grand Ole Opry star,
Marty Stuart. It is the birthplace of 1959
Heisman Trophy winner,
Billy Cannon. Fred McAfee was born and raised in Philadelphia, he's considered by many to be one of the best special teams players in NFL history. He retired as a member of the New Orleans Saints in 2006 and now is their Director of Player Development.
Blues artist
Otis Rush as well as members of the country music band
Pearl River are also natives of Philadelphia.
Profesional wrestler Stan Frazier, better known as Uncle Elmer, was born in Philadelphia.
Public utilities
Cable television services for the city of Philadelphia are contracted to
MetroCast Communications. Electrical utilities, as well as water and sewer service, are provided by the City of Philadelphia as
Philadelphia Utilities. The natural gas utility is
CentrePoint Energy.
AT&T is the local telephone service provider.
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