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Woodville, Mississippi

Woodville, Mississippi
Town
Wilkinson County Courthouse in Woodville
Location of Woodville, Mississippi
Woodville, Mississippi Location in the United States
Coordinates: 31°6′10″N 91°17′59″W / 31.10278°N 91.29972°W / 31.10278; -91.29972
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Wilkinson
Government
• Mayor	Keisha Stewart-Ford
Area [1]
• Total	1.04 sq mi (2.68 km2)
• Land	1.04 sq mi (2.68 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	404 ft (123 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	928
• Density	895.75/sq mi (345.83/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39669
Area code	601
FIPS code	28-81120
GNIS feature ID	0679870
Website	www.woodvillems.org

Woodville is one of the oldest towns in Mississippi and is the county seatofWilkinson County, Mississippi, United States.^[2] Its population as of 2020 was 928.^[3]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), all land.

Per the 2020 United States census, there were 928 people, 386 households, and 277 families residing in the town; its racial composition was 77.95% black, 22.38% non-Hispanic white, 0.22% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 2.8% other or mixed, and 0.54% Hispanic or Latino of any race.^[3]

Wilkinson County School District serves Woodville. There are three education facilities near Woodville: Wilkinson County Elementary School, Wilkinson County High School, and the private school Wilkinson County Christian Academy, which was established in 1969 as a segregation academy.^[5]

The Woodville Republican, a weekly newspaper founded in 1823, is the oldest surviving business (and thus the oldest newspaper) in Mississippi.^[6]

• Julia K. Wetherill Baker (1858–1931), writer and poet, was born in Woodville^[7]
• Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828–1892), author, merchant, cotton factor, hotel owner
• Henry Cohen (rabbi), served here from 1885 to 1888 before going to Galveston, Texas, where he became a nationally known community leader
• Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America; lived near here for a couple of years as a youth on his parents' plantation and attended Woodville Academy, before going to Kentucky to school.
• Ronnie Edwards, Louisiana politician, born in Woodville^[8]
• Henry Herbert Ogden, aviator in 1924 US Army Air Services around the world flight,^[9]
• Will E. Keller, businessman
• Rudolph Matthews, handball player
• Edward Grady Partin (1924–1990), born in Woodville, he became a Teamsters Union business agent from Baton Rouge. His testimony sent Jimmy Hoffa to prison.
• Carnot Posey, Civil War Confederate general
• Peter Randolph, early 19th century Federal judge
• Dan Reneau, President of Louisiana Tech University
• William Grant Still, African-American classical composer and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee was born in Woodville on May 11, 1895.
• Matt Tolbert, professional baseball infielder
• W. P. S. Ventress (1854–1911), Mississippi state legislator
• George W. Wheeler, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1920–30)
• Lester Young, jazz musician and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee was born in Woodville.^[10]
• William Henry Young, Wisconsin politician, born in Woodville

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• History of Woodville's Jewish community (from the Institute of Southern Jewish Life)