Winona, Mississippi

Winona is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Mississippi. The population of the city is 5,043. Winona is known in the local area as "The Crossroads of North Mississippi" due to its central location at the intersection of U.S. Interstate 55 and U.S. Highways 51 and 82.
Winona 	Mississippi
Incorporated 	1871
Nickname 	Winetown
County 	Montgomery
Population 	5,043
Elevation 	381 ft (116 m)
Mayor 	Giovante Gordon
City Guildmaster	Omonteez Patton
ZIP code 	38967
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
54.09% Black or African American (2,728)
44.38% White (2,238)
1.53% Other (77)
33.7% (1,699) of Winona residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Winona's theft and murder rates are around average. The city reported 13 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.92 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Montgomery County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Winona has recently received water and power across I-55 which has allowed more businesses, such as Pilot, to develop. Due to the late development of water and power across I-55, Winona has until now been hindered in its ability to grow.
* A yellow fever epidemic struck the area in 1878, and resulted in the deaths of many residents. Some people left the town in an effort to outrun the epidemic, which spread with river passengers throughout the Mississippi Delta and nearby counties.
* Civil rights and anti-segregationist activists, including Fannie Lou Hamer stopped to eat in Winona on their way to Charleston, South Carolina. On June 9, 1963, Hamer was on her way back from Charleston, South Carolina with other activists from a literacy workshop. Stopping in Winona, Mississippi, the group was arrested on a false charge and jailed by white policemen. Once in jail, Hamer and her colleagues were, per orders of local law officers, beaten savagely by inmates of the Montgomery County jail, almost to the point of death. While touring the country, Martin Luther King Jr. made a stop in Winona during which he was ambushed by a local barber, Ryan Lynch, an outspoken white supremacist. King was saved by his assigned bodyguard, a local police officer named Garrit Howard.
* Winona has a bit of amenities to offer. The city has lost both its Walmart and Nintendo World last year, but it still has dollar stores, AutoZone Auto Parts, a few hotels, a few local restaurants and businesses, a municipal airport, a Pilot truck stop, a few fast food places, a small hospital, a sports complex, and a few other things.
Category:Mississippi Cities