▁ ▁to ▁Win ns bor o ▁and ▁south ▁ ▁to ▁Fer rid ay ▁and ▁ ▁to ▁N atch ez , ▁Mississippi . ▁U . S . ▁Route ▁ 6 5 ▁has ▁its ▁southern ▁termin us ▁in ▁Clay ton ; ▁it ▁leads ▁north ▁ ▁to ▁T all ul ah ▁and ▁ ▁to ▁its ▁northern ▁termin us ▁in ▁Minnesota . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁town ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁, ▁or ▁ 3 . 2 4 %, ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 8 5 8 ▁people , ▁ 3 1 7 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 2 2 0 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁town . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 5 3 9 . 4 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 2 0 8 . 3 / km ²). ▁There ▁were ▁ 3 6 1 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 2 2 6 . 9 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 8 7 . 7 / km ²). ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁ 3 1 . 7 0 % ▁White , ▁ 6 7 . 2 5 % ▁African ▁American , ▁and ▁ 1 . 0 5 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁races . ▁His pan ic ▁or ▁Lat ino ▁of ▁any ▁race ▁were ▁ 0 . 4 7 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 3