Ruleville, MS
| Ruleville | |
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Ruby Avenue in Ruleville
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 Location of Ruleville, Mississippi |
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 Ruleville
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| Coordinates: 33°43′37″N 90°32′57″W / 33.72694°N 90.54917°WCoordinates: 33°43′37″N 90°32′57″W / 33.72694°N 90.54917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Sunflower |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.5 sq mi (6.6 km2) |
| • Land | 2.5 sq mi (6.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 3,234 |
| • Density | 1,278.3/sq mi (493.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 38771 |
| Area code(s) | 662 |
| FIPS code | 28-64200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0676950 |
Ruleville is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States, in the Mississippi Delta region. The population was 3,234 at the 2000 census. It is the second-largest community in the rural county.
Ruleville was described as "surrounded by a fine fertile country and timber lands". Development of the settlement followed construction of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, which established a stop here. The village was laid out in 1898 by J. W. Rule, for whom it was named. In September 1899 the official petition to Governor Anselm J. McLaurin to incorporate contained 98 names of the 'citizens and electors of Sunflower County...[who] reside in the village' noting that 150 people currently lived inside the village.
The rural area was being developed for cotton plantations after the American Civil War. Ruleville was established as an important cotton shipping point on the railroad. By the early 1900s, Ruleville had telephone and telegraph facilities, about 20 businesses, two white churches and one black church, a water works system, an electric light plant, three public gins, and excellent public schools. The population in 1900 was 336. The Bank of Ruleville was established in 1903.
During the 20th century African-American Civil Rights Movement that expanded beginning in the 1950s, Fannie Lou Hamer, a farmworker, started a movement for poor people.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), of which 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2) is land and 0.39% is water.
Ruleville is along U.S. Route 49W. Ruleville is about 15 miles (24 km) from the Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman).
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 3,007 people residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 85.3% Black, 12.8% White, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 0.1% from some other race and 0.5% from two or more races. 0.7% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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