Glendora was developed by White Americans as a small sawmill site. Logs were floated down the river from around the vicinity of Webb to be processed here.[citation needed]
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.[3]
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.[4][5] Shortly before this murder, he was involved in the Emmett Till murder in Money, Mississippi.[6] 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 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all land.
Glendora, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
At the 2000 census,[11] there were 285 people, 69 households and 60 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,011.5 inhabitants per square mile (776.6/km2). There were 73 housing units at an average density of 515.2 per square mile (198.9/km2). The racial makeup was 4.56% White, 92.28% African American, 0.70% Native American, and 2.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.16% of the population.
There were 69 households, of which 55.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.0% were married couples living together, 50.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.6% were non-families. 8.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.13 and the average family size was 4.26.
41.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 15.4% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, and 4.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.4 males.
The median household income was $14,375 and the median family income was $11,875. Males had a median income of $17,500 compared with $11,250 for females. The per capita income for the village was $7,044. About 68.2% of families and 62.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 83.3% of those under the age of 18 and 40.0% of those 65 or over.
Previously Black Bayou Elementary School served children in Glendora and southern parts of the district.[12] The district decided to close Black Bayou in 1998.[13] Previously West District Middle School (now Bearden) served as a middle school for the area.[12]
^Prosecutive Report if Investigation Concerning [...] Elmer O. Kimbrell (Report). Federal Bureau of Investigation. February 9, 2006. p. 28; 37. Case ID 44A-JN-30112 and 62D-JN-30045. Retrieved March 14, 2021. In December 1955, Kimbrell shot and killed Clinton Melton, a black man. [...] Kimbrell was acquitted when prosecuted for Melton's murder. [...] August 28, 1955 - Time Unknown, Early Morning: Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam and a man named Kimbrell brought [Emmett] Till to [...] Bryant's Grocery & Meat Market
^"Student Residency" (Archive). Coahoma Community College. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. "Out-of-District Resident: A student who does not live within Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties but does live in some other county in Mississippi."
