Zion Memorial Fund through a major grant from Columbia Records and a number of smaller grants from organizations and individuals across the United States.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, founded in 1909 in the 'Shellmound' area on the eastern edge of Morgan City, is the site of a large memorial marker ( cenotaph) to blues legend Robert Johnson which was placed by the Mt. Effective Jthis district consolidated into the Greenwood-Leflore School District. The town was served by the Leflore County School District. It is in the Greenwood-Leflore School District. Stewart Patridge, Conerly Trophy winning quarterback from the University of Mississippi.About 33.8% of families and 42.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 48.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 50.0% of those 65 or over.

The per capita income for the town was $9,465. Males had a median income of $20,375 versus $13,929 for females. The median income for a household in the town was $19,219, and the median income for a family was $17,917. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 69.6 males. For every 100 females, there were 78.4 males. In the town, the population was spread out, with 36.1% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 3.56. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 98 households, out of which 41.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.7% were married couples living together, 40.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.95% of the population. The racial makeup of the town was 16.39% White, 83.28% African American and 0.33% Asian. There were 101 housing units at an average density of 175.7 per square mile (67.8/km 2). The population density was 530.7 inhabitants per square mile (204.9/km 2). The racial makeup of the town was 79.6% Black, 18.8% White and 1.6% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.Īs of the census of 2000, there were 305 people, 98 households, and 77 families living in the town. Leflore County is part of the Mississippi Delta region.ĭemographics Historical population CensusĪs of the 2010 United States Census, there were 255 people living in the town. The town is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the Yazoo River. Greenwood, the Leflore county seat, is 16 miles (26 km) to the northeast of Morgan City.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.58 square miles (1.5 km 2), all land.

Via Highway 7 it is 10 miles (16 km) south of Itta Bena and 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Belzoni. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area. The population was 255 at the 2010 census, down from 305 at the 2000 census. Morgan City, Mississippi is a town in Leflore County along Mississippi Highway 7.

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