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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Kearney Park, Mississippi
Kearney Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located on Livingston-Vernon Road in western Madison County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,048. Kearney Park is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The community has a ZIP Code of 39071, for the Flora post office.

Geography

Kearney Park is approximately 3 miles (5 km) north of the center of Flora (traveling Kearney Park Road), 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Bentonia, and 19 miles (31 km) west of Canton, the Madison county seat.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Kearney Park CDP has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.0 km), of which 0.06 square miles (0.16 km), or 2.18%, are water. The community sits 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of the Big Black River, a tributary of the Mississippi.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20201,048—
U.S. Decennial Census

Transportation

Amtrak’s City of New Orleans, which operates between New Orleans and Chicago, passes through the town on CN tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Jackson, 24 miles (39 km) to the south.

Education

Madison County School District is the local school district.

It is zoned to East Flora Elementary. Residents are in turn zoned to Madison Middle School, Rosa Scott 9th Grade, and Madison Central High School.

References

  1. ^ "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "P1. Race – Kearney Park CDP, Mississippi: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kearney Park, Mississippi
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Madison County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "Attendance Zones and School Locations" (PDF). Madison County School District. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "Flora Zone". Madison County School District. Retrieved July 1, 2021.


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