Mayersville, Mississippi

Map of Mayersville, Mississippi
Mayersville is a town in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 547.[1]
Unita Blackwell was the first African American mayor of Mississippi. She served as Mayersville's mayor from 1976 to 2001.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ↑ Ganucheau, Adam (May 13, 2019). "Unita Blackwell, civil rights pillar and first black woman mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86". Mississippi Today. Retrieved May 14, 2019.