Glendora

History

Glendora was developed by Americans as a small sawmill site. Logs were floated down the river from around the vicinity of Webb to be processed here. The first settlement developed two miles south of Glendora at Black Bayou. When the railroad was built through the territory in 1883, a station was located there and called Glendora. The town immediately grew. A post office was established in 1900 and a voting precinct was established. Cane Lake Lumber Company built a large sawmill here which operated until 1909. It was moved to another site. In December 1955, Elmer Kimbrell, a white man, shot and killed Clinton Melton, an African-American resident, in front of three witnesses after an argument about how much gas Melton had pumped into Kimbrell's car. Kimbrell was acquitted by an all-white jury after a short trial. Shortly before this murder, he was involved in the Emmett Till murder in Money, Mississippi. At this time, most blacks in Mississippi were still disenfranchised due to state barriers; they were not part of the jury pool because they were not registered voters and they were excluded from the political system.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  67
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  63
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  59
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  56
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  54
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  53
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  48
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  43

Largest nearby schools

• WEST TALLAHATCHIE HIGH SCHOOL
  High · WEBB · 260 students · 10.4:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2019-01-08
  8 km WNW of Hollandale, Mississippi
• M 3.1 — 2002-10-26
  3 km SE of Alligator, Mississippi
• M 2.8 — 2002-08-11
  8 km ESE of Darling, Mississippi