{"id":21707,"count":1,"description":"Mound Bayou is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,102 at the 2000 census. It is notable for having been founded as an independent black community in 1887 by former slaves led by Isaiah Montgomery. By percentage, its 98.4 percent African-American majority population is one of the largest of any community in the United States. The current mayor is Kennedy V. \"Kent\" Johnson.\nMound Bayou is located at 33\u00b052\u203250\u2033N 90\u00b043\u203241\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff33.88056\u00b0N 90.72806\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 33.88056; -90.72806 (33.880632, -90.727966).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3\u00a0km). 0.9 square miles (2.3\u00a0km) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.\nAs of the census of 2000, there were 2,102 people, 687 households, and 504 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,395.1 people per square mile (922.3\/km\u00b2). There were 723 housing units at an average density of 823.8 per square mile (317.2\/km\u00b2). The racial makeup...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/mound-bayou\/","name":"Mound Bayou","slug":"mound-bayou","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/21707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=21707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}