Tag: Thaxton

Thaxton is a town in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 513 at the 2000 census. There is a town of the same name in Virginia (see Thaxton, Virginia)
Thaxton is located at 34°18′11″N 89°10′19″W / 34.30306°N 89.17194°W / 34.30306; -89.17194 (34.302923, -89.171979).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.5 square miles (22 km), of which, 8.5 square miles (22 km) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km) of it (0.47%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 513 people, 173 households, and 146 families residing in the town. The population density was 60.4 people per square mile (23.3/km²). There were 192 housing units at an average density of 22.6 per square mile (8.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.22% White and 0.78% African American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.17% of the population.
There were 173 households out of which 49.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.8%…