This information comes from the bronze plaque in the town's center at Utica and Cunningham streets.

For a number of years, Terry was the home of Mississippi governor Albert G. Brown.

Terry is in southeastern Hinds County and is bordered to the north by the city of Byram.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,304 people, 449 households, and 348 families residing in the town.

The Board of Aldermen consists of Virginia Smith Bailey, Terry Johnson, April Owens Miley, Randy Shepherd, and Connie S. Taylor.

Past mayors of Terry include Langston, Keith Davis, H. S. Clark, Rowean McCoy Luper, F. M. "Mike" Yates, Rev.

The state senator representing the district including Terry is David Blount of Jackson.

Due to redistricting, Rep. Credell Calhoun and Gregory Dortch now represent a section near Terry.

[8] Past principals of Terry High School include Mr. Bishop, Miss Estelle Scott, Roger McDaniel, Jimmy Russell, Gerald Huskey, Johnny Hines, and Dr. Martin Herrington.

Editors of this publication included Mamie Birdsong, Willie Dean Sojourner Brister, Carolyn Booth Patrick, and Elsie Moss Berryhill.

This insert was published for a few weeks, at which time a column about the Terry area was incorporated into the Gazette (as was being included about other towns in Hinds County).

At this time, The Terry Headlight was revived as a weekly online source of information by Elzena Kitchens Johnson.

The newspaper included a monthly column by Mayor Nicholson and was mailed to every household in the 39170 zip code.