Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Edwards, MS

Edwards is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, and as of the 2020 census it had a population of 995 people living in 404 households, and it is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Edwards was originally named Amsterdam and settled in the 1830s, but after a cholera epidemic in 1832 it was bypassed by the Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad, and in 1839 R. O. Edwards' plantation became a stop on the railroad known as Edwards Depot.

The town is named for Dick Edwards, owner and proprietor of the Edwards House in Jackson, and its depot was burned in 1863 to prevent its use during the Civil War, after which the current site of Edwards was chosen in 1866 and the town was incorporated in 1871.

In 1882 the Southern Christian Institute was opened in Edwards by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to educate African Americans, and it later became Bonner-Campbell College.

Edwards suffered an attack of yellow fever in 1897 that killed many residents of the town.

Edwards sits in western Hinds County on high ground 1.5 miles east of the Big Black River, which forms the Warren County line, and Interstate 20 runs along the town's northern border with access from Exit 19, leading east 26 miles to Jackson and west 17 miles to Vicksburg.

The town covers 1.66 square miles, all land, and its ZIP code is 39066.

Edwards' population peaked at 1,515 in the 1980 census, then fell to 1,347 in 2000, 1,034 in 2010, and 995 in 2020.

In the 2020 census, 84.72 percent of Edwards' residents were Black alone and 10.95 percent were White alone.

Edwards is served by the Hinds County School District and is zoned to Bolton/Edwards Elementary-Middle School in Bolton and to Raymond High School in Raymond.