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Mound Bayou

Mound Bayou is a city in , , United States. The population was 1,533 at the 2010 census, down from 2,102 in 2000. It was founded as an independent black community in 1887 by former slaves led by Isaiah Montgomery.
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  • Type: Village with 2,000 residents
  • Description: city in Mississippi, United States
  • Also known as: “Mound Bayou, Mississippi” and “Mound Bayou, MS”
  • Postal code: 38762

Places of Interest

Highlights include I. T. Montgomery House and Taborian Hospital.

Building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a historic house on 302 West Main Street in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States. Built in 1910, it was the home of Isaiah Montgomery, a former slave of Jefferson Davis who was instrumental in founding Mound Bayou, one of the first economically successful towns established by freed slaves.

Building
in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, U.S. opened in 1942 to great fanfare by the International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor.

Mound Bayou

Latitude
33.87817° or 33° 52′ 41″ north
Longitude
-90.72732° or 90° 43′ 38″ west
Population
2,000
Elevation
141 feet (43 metres)
Open location code
865FV7HF+73
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151474404
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4436772
Wiki­data ID
Q867508
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Mound Bayou” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موند بايو”
  • Basque: “Mound Bayou”
  • Catalan: “Mound Bayou”
  • Cebuano: “Mound Bayou”
  • Chechen: “Маунд-Баю”
  • Chinese: “Mound Bayou”
  • Chinese: “芒德拜龍”
  • Danish: “Mound Bayou”
  • Dutch: “Mound Bayou”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “موند بايو”
  • Finnish: “Mound Bayou”
  • French: “Mound Bayou”
  • German: “Mound Bayou”
  • Gilaki: “مأؤند بایۊ (ميسيسيپي)”
  • Gilaki: “مأؤند بایۊ”
  • Haitian: “Mound Bayou, Mississippi”
  • Haitian: “Mound Bayou”
  • Hebrew: “מאונד באיו”
  • Ido: “Mound Bayou, Mississippi”
  • Ido: “Mound Bayou”
  • Irish: “Mound Bayou”
  • Italian: “Mound Bayou”
  • Japanese: “マウンド・バイユー”
  • Kazakh: “Mownd Bayu”
  • Kazakh: “Моунд Баю”
  • Kazakh: “موۋند بايۋ”
  • Kirghiz: “Моунд Баю”
  • Ladin: “Mound Bayou”
  • Malagasy: “Mound Bayou, Mississippi”
  • Malagasy: “Mound Bayou”
  • Mazanderani: “ماوند بایو (می‌سی‌سی‌پی)”
  • Mazanderani: “ماوند بایو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mound Bayou”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mound Bayou”
  • Norwegian: “Mound Bayou”
  • Persian: “ماوند بایو، میسیسیپی”
  • Persian: “ماوند بایو”
  • Polish: “Mound Bayou”
  • Portuguese: “Mound Bayou”
  • Serbian: “Маунд Бају”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mound Bayou, Mississippi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mound Bayou”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماوند بایو، میسیسیپی”
  • Spanish: “Mound Bayou (Misisipi)”
  • Spanish: “Mound Bayou”
  • Swedish: “Mound Bayou”
  • Tatar: “Маунд-Баю”
  • Ukrainian: “Маунд-Баю”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنڈ بائیو، مسیسپی”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنڈ بائیو”
  • Uzbek: “Mound Bayou”
  • Uzbek: “Моунд Баёу”
  • Vietnamese: “Mound Bayou, Mississippi”
  • Vietnamese: “Mound Bayou”
  • Volapük: “Mound Bayou”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mound Bayou, Mississippi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mound Bayou”
  • Welsh: “Mound Bayou, Mississippi”
  • Welsh: “Mound Bayou”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sanders Cemetery and Mound Bayou Commons.

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