Crystal Springs, Mississippi

Crystal Springs is a city in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 5,044 as of the 2010 census,[2] down from 5,873 in 2000. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Crystal Springs, Mississippi
City
Crystal Springs, c. 1900-1940
Crystal Springs, c. 1900-1940
Location of Crystal Springs, Mississippi
Location of Crystal Springs, Mississippi
Crystal Springs, Mississippi is located in the United States
Crystal Springs, Mississippi
Crystal Springs, Mississippi
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 31°59′17″N 90°21′24″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyCopiah
Area
[1]
 • Total5.48 sq mi (14.20 km2)
 • Land5.43 sq mi (14.06 km2)
 • Water0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2)
Elevation
469 ft (143 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total4,862
 • Density895.56/sq mi (345.76/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39059
Area code601
FIPS code28-17060
GNIS feature ID0669000
Websitecityofcrystalsprings.com

Geography

U.S. Route 51 runs through the northwest part of Crystal Springs, intersecting Interstate 55 at the latter's Exit 72. I-55 leads north 24 miles (39 km) to Jackson, the state capital, and 29 miles (47 km) south to Brookhaven.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14.2 km2), of which 5.4 square miles (14.1 km2) is land and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.96%, is water.[2]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1870864—
18809155.9%
18909979.0%
19001,0939.6%
19101,34322.9%
19201,3953.9%
19302,25761.8%
19402,85526.5%
19503,67628.8%
19604,49622.3%
19704,195−6.7%
19804,90216.9%
19905,64315.1%
20005,8734.1%
20105,044−14.1%
20204,862−3.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[3]
Crystal Springs racial composition as of 2020[4]
Race Num. Perc.
White (non-Hispanic) 1,464 30.11%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,007 61.85%
Native American 1 0.02%
Asian 16 0.33%
Pacific Islander 4 0.08%
Other/Mixed 108 2.22%
Hispanic or Latino 262 5.39%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,862 people, 1,418 households, and 982 families residing in the city.

Education

Crystal Springs is served by the Copiah County School District. Copiah Academy is a local private school in the area. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is located in Wesson. Crystal Springs was the first school in Mississippi to allow black students to attend.

The Copiah-Jefferson Regional Library operates a branch in Crystal Springs.[5]

Controversies

On February 2, 1922, Will Thrasher was Lynched, the first lynching in Copiah county in twenty years.[6]

Civil rights-era violence related to passage of civil rights legislation in 1964 and 1965 led the armed Deacons for Defense and Justice to established centers in both Crystal Springs and nearby Hazlehurst in 1966 and 1967. They acted to provide physical protection for African-American protesters who were working with the NAACP on a commercial boycott of white merchants to force integration of stores and employment, to gain jobs for African Americans at places where they were patrons.[7] Eventually the protesters won the removal of discriminatory practices at stores and African Americans gained some jobs in these local businesses.

In 2012, the First Baptist Church denied a black couple permission to be married there after objections from church members. The pastor performed the wedding at a different church.[8]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Crystal Springs city, Mississippi". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  4. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  5. "Homepage". Copiah-Jefferson Regional Library. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  6. The Semi-Weekly Leader, February 4, 1922, p. 1.
  7. Ted Ownby, The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2013, pp. 221-223
  8. Harish, Alon (July 28, 2012). "Mississippi Church Refuses to Marry Black Couple". ABC News.
  9. The American Bar. J.C. Fifield Company. 1919. p. 759.
  10. "Mayor's Office". City of Meridian. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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