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Skene, Mississippi

Coordinates: 33°42′13″N 90°49′13″W / 33.70361°N 90.82028°W / 33.70361; -90.82028
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Skene, Mississippi
Skene, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Skene, Mississippi
Skene, Mississippi
Skene, Mississippi is located in the United States
Skene, Mississippi
Skene, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°42′13″N 90°49′13″W / 33.70361°N 90.82028°W / 33.70361; -90.82028
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyBolivar
Area
 • Total4.12 sq mi (10.68 km2)
 • Land4.12 sq mi (10.68 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
135 ft (41 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total210
 • Density50.92/sq mi (19.66/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38730
Area code662
GNIS feature ID677862[2]

Skene is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States on Mississippi Highway 446. Skene is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Boyle and approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Shaw. Skene was a station on the Boyle and Sunflower branch of the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.[3]

A post office operated under the name Skene from 1902 to 1992.[4]

Skene Baptist Church located on Mississippi Highway 446

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 210.[5]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020210
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
2020[7]

2020 census

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Skene CDP, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2020[7] % 2020
White alone (NH) 186 88.57%
Black or African American alone (NH) 13 6.19%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) 9 4.29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2 0.95%
Total 210 100.00%

Education

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It is in the West Bolivar Consolidated School District.[8] It was formerly in the Shaw School District.[9] The Shaw district consolidated into the West Bolivar district in 2014.[10]

The K-12 schools for the Shaw area are McEvans Elementary School and Shaw High School (previously together as McEvans K-12 School).

Notable people

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  • Chet Morgan (1910–1991), Was an American baseball player and manager. He played Major League Baseball, principally for the Detroit Tigers.

References

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  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skene, Mississippi
  3. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 673.
  4. ^ "Bolivar County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "Skene CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  6. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  7. ^ a b "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Skene CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau.
  8. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bolivar County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Bolivar County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 9, 2021. - Skene is not indicated directly on this map but it may be compared to the 2020 map.
  10. ^ "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).