Inverness is a town in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.

A total of 36 people were killed in rural Mississippi as a result of the storm.

Twenty-one of the victims were from Inverness, where a broad section of houses were destroyed.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), all land.

[5] As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 868 people, 355 households, and 256 families residing in the town.

The racial makeup of the town was 50.7% Black, 47.6% White, 0.2% Native American, 0.6% Asian and 0.2% from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the town was 59.41% African American, 39.64% White, 0.78% Asian, and 0.17% from two or more races.

22.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[9] Central Delta Academy was constructed in Inverness as a segregation academy, a private school for white students whose parents did not want them in the public school system, which was under federal rulings to desegregate.