Skene, Mississippi

Skene, Mississippi
Skene, Mississippi
Census-designated place
	Skene, Mississippi Skene, Mississippi
	Coordinates: 33°42′14″N 90°47′51″W / 33.70389°N 90.79750°W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Bolivar
Area
• Total	4.12 sq mi (10.68 km2)
• Land	4.12 sq mi (10.68 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	131 ft (40 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	210
• Density	50.92/sq mi (19.66/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38730
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	2812713

Skene is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States on Mississippi Highway 446. Skene is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Boyle and approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Shaw. Skene was a station on the Boyle and Sunflower branch of the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.^[3]

A post office operated under the name Skene from 1902 to 1992.^[4]

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 210.^[5]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	210		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[6] 2020^[7]

**Skene CDP, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition**
*Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.*
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2020^[7]	% 2020
White alone (NH)	186	88.57%
Black or African American alone (NH)	13	6.19%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	9	4.29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	2	0.95%
Total	210	100.00%

It is in the West Bolivar Consolidated School District.^[8] It was formerly in the Shaw School District.^[9] The Shaw district consolidated into the West Bolivar district in 2014.^[10]

The K-12 schools for the Shaw area are McEvans Elementary School and Shaw High School (previously together as McEvans K-12 School).

Chet Morgan (1910–1991), Was an American baseball player and manager. He played Major League Baseball, principally for the Detroit Tigers.

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