Byhalia, Mississippi Byhalia, Mississippi Location of Byhalia, Mississippi Location of Byhalia, Mississippi Byhalia, Mississippi is positioned in the US Byhalia, Mississippi - Byhalia, Mississippi Byhalia (bye-HAIL-yah)), pronounced "bye-HAY-yah" by some residents, is a town in Marshall County, Mississippi.
The town of Byhalia was established in 1838 when C.W.
Byhalia's locale had a several advantages for an early settlement, lying near the crossroad site where the Pigeon Roost Road ran from Memphis to Oxford and Pontotoc, Mississippi.
Entering the 1850s, Byhalia seemed to be developing as a key trade center in North Mississippi.
Stagecoach service from Memphis to Oxford came through Byhalia in the late 1840s.
Since Byhalia was only a stop on the stage route, and the stage line could not effectively compete against the barns from Memphis to Holly Springs or Oxford, service was suspended in 1856.
Also devastating to Byhalia's expansion was the outbreak of the Civil War.
More than 250 men from the region immediately encircling Byhalia served in the Confederate Army.
After the war, Byhalia struggled through the shifts of the Reconstruction period, with planters trying to deal with a market of no-charge labor.
Yellow fever epidemics were carried by steamboat passengers and poor sanitation throughout the Mississippi river metros/cities along the chief routes and in northern Mississippi in 1873, 1878 and 1879.
Byhalia appears to have escaped the wrath of the fever, as several tombstones in the immediate region reflect deaths in the summer of 1878, which elsewhere resulted in high fatalities.
The town of Byhalia interval slowly due to competition with close-by Holly Springs and lack of a barns .
Time, fire, and the Civil War finished many of the earlier homes in Byhalia.
Like many American places, Byhalia has a complicated history of race relations.
The shooting and subsequent handling of the case by the sheriff and grand jury (which did not indict the officer) resulted in one of the longest boycotts of white businesses by blacks in Mississippi history.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), all land.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 1,302 citizens residing in the town.
The following demographic knowledge is based on 2000 Enumeration information; however, the populace of Byhalia has decidedly increased in recent years due to immigration and a 2005 annexation of adjoining area.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 60.76% White, 35.69% African American, 0.14% Native American, 3.12% from other competitions, and 0.28% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $26,618, and the median income for a family was $35,313.
The Town of Byhalia is served by the Marshall County School District, one of the districts being supported by the Mississippi Teacher Corps. The initial field recording of "Sea Lion Woman", sung by Katherine and Christine Shipp, was recorded in Byhalia by Herbert Halpert on May 13, 1939. The play "Byhalia, Mississippi" by Evan Linder premiered in January 2016. Town of Byhalia General Development Plan, Working Draft, p.
"Byhalia Mississippi: World Premiere Conversation- Home".
"'Byhalia, Mississippi' is a story of love, class, race and family".
Municipalities and communities of Marshall County, Mississippi, United States
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