Ellisville, Mississippi Jones County courthouse in Ellisville Jones County courthouse in Ellisville Location of Ellisville in the State of Mississippi Location of Ellisville in the State of Mississippi Ellisville, Mississippi is positioned in the US Ellisville, Mississippi - Ellisville, Mississippi County Jones Ellisville is a town/city in and the first governmental center of county of Jones County, Mississippi, United States.
The Jones County Courthouse is positioned here, as is much of the county government.
The state council authorized a second governmental center of county at Laurel, Mississippi, to the northeast, which advanced as the center of lumber and textile mills, with a much larger population.
Ellisville was designated as the county seat, and it became the primary commercial and populace center of Jones County through the early decades of evolution in the nineteenth century.
During the American Civil War, Ellisville and Jones County were a center of pro-Union resistance.
Slaves constituted only 12% of the county's populace in 1860, as conditions generally did not support cultivation of large cotton plantations.
It had the lowest proportion of slaves of any county in the state in 1860.
In 1864 they took control in Ellisville, raising the United States flag over the courthouse in place of the Confederate flag.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Ellisville lost primacy to close-by Laurel, Mississippi, which became a center of the timber trade and cotton textile mills.
Its populace in the mid-20th century was nearly six times that of Ellisville.
The Jones County Sheriff's Department is based in Laurel.
But the county government is still based in Ellisville, at the Jones County Courthouse.
Ellisville reflects the demographics of the county, and is majority white.
Laurel is majority African American in population, reflecting the migration of agricultural workers to the town/city for industrialized and urban jobs.
Ellisville is positioned at 31 36 4 N 89 12 8 W (31.601068, 89.202123). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.6 square miles (15 km2), of which 5.5 square miles (14 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (1.61%) is water.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males.The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $23,424, and the median income for a family was $27,955.
Jones County Junior College The City of Ellisville is served by the Jones County School District.
South Jones High School is positioned in Ellisville.
Ellisville is also home to Jones County Junior College.
Attended Jones County Junior College in Ellisville.
He played football at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville.
Municipalities and communities of Jones County, Mississippi, United States County seats: Ellisville and Laurel
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Cities in Mississippi - Cities in Jones County, Mississippi - County seats in Mississippi - Cities in Laurel micropolitan region - U.S.
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