Crosby is a town in Amite and Wilkinson counties, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the McComb, Mississippi micropolitan statistical area. Its population was 242 at the 2020 census. In 1900, the population of Dayton was 30.

By 1916, the Foster Creek Lumber Company had acquired around of timberland in Wilkinson and Amite Counties, which included Dayton. At that time, two Stephenson brothers from Michigan were building several sawmills in south Mississippi and purchased the Foster Creek Lumber Company landholdings. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.1&nbsp;square miles (5.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 2.1&nbsp;square&nbsp;miles (5.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.47% is water.

Demographics

{| class="wikitable"

|+Crosby racial composition as of 2020

!Race

!Num.

!Perc.

|-

|White (non-Hispanic)

|55

|22.73%

|-

|Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

|175

|72.31%

|-

|Other/Mixed

|10

|4.13%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino

|2

|0.83%

|}

According to the 2020 United States census, there were 242 people, 99 households, and 59 families residing in the town; its racial and ethnic makeup in 2020 was 72.31% Black or African American, 22.73% non-Hispanic white, 4.13% other or mixed, and 0.83% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Both counties are in the district of Southwest Mississippi Community College.

Notable people

  • Boyd Brown, former tight end for the Denver Broncos and New York Giants

References

  • Town of Crosby official website

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