Monticello, Mississippi Explained

Monticello is a town in and the county seat of Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States.^[3] The population was 1,571 at the 2010 census.^[4]

Geography

Monticello is in central Lawrence County, on the west side of the Pearl River. U.S. Route 84 runs through the north side of the town on a four-lane bypass. US 84 leads east to Prentiss and west to Interstate 55 in Brookhaven. Mississippi Highway 27 passes through the west side of Monticello, leading north to Crystal Springs and south to Tylertown.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Monticello has a total area of 11km2, of which 10.8km2 are land and 0.2km2, or 2.17%, are water.^[5]

Demographics

Monticello racial composition as of 2020^[6] !Race!Num.!Perc.

White (non-Hispanic)	894	62.04%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	468	32.48%
Asian	10	0.69%
Pacific Islander	1	0.07%
Other/Mixed	38	2.64%
Hispanic or Latino	30	2.08%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,441 people, 640 households, and 350 families residing in the town.

Education

The town of Monticello is served by the Lawrence County School District. The district is under the supervision of Superintendent Tammy Fairburn, who took office in 2012.^[7]

Notable people

• Richard Olney Arrington, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1950-1963^[8]
• Erick Dampier, NBA center
• Katherine Ettl, sculptor^[9]
• Major Everett, former NFL running back
• Cindy Hyde-Smith, United States Senator^[10]
• Al Jefferson, forward/center for the NBA Indiana Pacers
• Kendra King, Miss Mississippi USA 2006
• J. B. Lenoir, blues singer
• Charles Lynch, 8th and 11th Governor of Mississippi^[11]
• Henry Mayson, former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and attended the 1868 Mississippi Constitutional Convention^[12]
• Harvey McGehee, former member of the Mississippi State Senate and justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi^[13] from 1937 to 1964
• Jim Pace, professional racing driver^[14]
• Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education
• Neville Patterson, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1962 to 1986^[15]
• Rosalind Peychaud, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives^[16]
• Hiram Runnels, 9th Governor of Mississippi^[17]
• George Washington Russell, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives 1916 to 1924^[18]
• Francis M. Sheppard, former member of the Mississippi State Senate and Mississippi House of Representatives^[19]
• Byther Smith, blues singer
• T. B. Stamps, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the Louisiana State Senate^[20]
• William Sutton Sr., former President of Mississippi Valley State University^{[21] [22]}
• Matthew Wells, American football linebacker^[23]

See also

• Atwood Music Festival

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Town of Monticello, MS. Town of Monticello. April 2, 2020.
2. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. July 24, 2022.
3. Web site: Find a County. 7 June 2011. National Association of Counties.
4. Web site: Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Monticello town, Mississippi. U.S. Census Bureau. data.census.gov. April 2, 2020.
5. Web site: U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Mississippi. U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. April 2, 2020.
6. Web site: Explore Census Data. 2021-12-17. data.census.gov.
7. http://lawrence.k12.ms.us/Superintendent.html Lawrence County District Superintendent
8. Book: Rowland . Dunbar . Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form . 1907 . Mississippi Department of Archives and History . Jackson, Mississippi . 21 . 9780871522214 .
9. News: Katherine Speed Ettl . January 7, 2023 . The Northside Sun . Jackson, Mississippi . January 14, 1993. 6. Newspapers.com.
10. News: Criss . Jack . Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith . January 7, 2023 . Delta Business Journal . October 7, 2020.
11. Web site: Lawrence County Mississippi Genealogy & History Network . Mississippi Genealogy & History Network . January 7, 2023.
12. Book: Riley . Franklin . Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society . 1910 . University of Mississippi . Jackson, Mississippi . 175 .
13. Book: The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi . 1917 . Department of Archives and History . Jackson, Mississippi . 765 .
14. News: Jim Pace . January 7, 2023 . Lawrence County Press . November 24, 2020.
15. Payne . Mary Libby . The Mississippi Judiciary Commission Revisited: Judicial Administration: An Idea Whose Time Has Come . Mississippi College Law Review . 1994 . 14 . 2 . 426 . January 7, 2023.
16. Web site: A Proclamation By Governor Ronnie Musgrove . Mississippi Department of Archives and History . January 7, 2023.
17. Book: Rothman, Joshua D. . Flush times and fever dreams : a story of capitalism and slavery in the age of Jackson . 2012 . 236 . University of Georgia Press . 978-0-8203-4466-9 . Athens, Georgia . 820011226.
18. Book: Rowland . Dunbar . The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 4 . 1917 . Mississippi Department of Archives and History . Jackson, Mississippi . 851 .
19. Book: Rowland . Dunbar . The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 4 . 1917 . Mississippi Department of Archives and History . Jackson, Mississippi . 516 .
20. News: Ex-Senator Stamps - Death of a Colored Man Prominent in Republican Politics . January 7, 2023 . The Times-Democrat . 28 November 1898 . 3.
21. Web site: Dillard University | the Sutton Legacy .
22. Web site: Gallery of Presidents . March 20, 2015 .
23. Web site: Matthew Wells . Hail State . Mississippi State University . January 7, 2023.