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Columbus, Mississippi

Index Columbus, Mississippi

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, on the eastern border of Mississippi, United States, located primarily east, but also north and northeast of the Tombigbee River, which is also referred to as the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. [1]

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A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams that received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948.

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Airbus Helicopters

Airbus Helicopters SAS (formerly Eurocopter Group) is the helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus.

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Airbus Helicopters, Inc.

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. (AHI) is a subsidiary of Airbus Group, Inc., the United States subsidiary of Airbus.

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AkzoNobel

Akzo Nobel N.V., trading as AkzoNobel, is a Dutch multinational company which creates paints and performance coatings and produces specialty chemicals for both industry and consumers worldwide.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Alabama Southern Railroad

The Alabama Southern Railroad is a class III railroad that operates in the southern United States.

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Alison Krauss

Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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American Idol

American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by FremantleMedia North America.

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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

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Andrew Wood (singer)

Andrew Patrick Wood (January 8, 1966 – March 19, 1990) was an American musician best known as the lead singer for alternative rock bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone.

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Area code 662

Area code 662 is the telephone area code serving the northern half of Mississippi, including the 6 counties (Benton, Coahoma, Desoto, Marshall, Tate and Tunica) that are part of the Memphis metro area.

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Arthur Cyprian Harper

Arthur Cyprian Harper (1866–1948) was the 26th Mayor of Los Angeles, California from December 13, 1906 to March 11, 1909.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Aurora Flight Sciences

Aurora Flight Sciences is an American aviation, aeronautics research company which primarily specializes in the design and construction of special-purpose Unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Baldor Electric Company

As the US Motors and Generators Business Unit of ABB, ABB Motors and Mechanical Inc.

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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle is a hospital in Columbus, Mississippi, and part of the Baptist Memorial Health Care network.

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Base Realignment and Closure

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process by a United States federal government commission to increase United States Department of Defense efficiency by planning the end of the Cold War realignment and closure of military installations.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Battle of New Orleans

The Battle of New Orleans was a series of engagements fought between December 14, 1814 and January 18, 1815, constituting the last major battle of the War of 1812.

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Battle of Shiloh

The Battle of Shiloh (also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing) was a battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee.

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Ben Toledano

Benjamin Casanas Toledano (born September 7, 1932), is an attorney, author, and former politician originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, who has resided since 1991 in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Jefferson County.

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BNSF Railway

The BNSF Railway Company is the largest freight railroad network in North America, followed by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) in second place, its primary competitor for Western U.S. freight.

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Bobby Richards

Robert Griffin Richards (born October 2, 1938) is a former professional American football defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL).

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Buttahatchee River

The Buttahatchee River is a tributary of the Tombigbee River, about long, in northwestern Alabama and northeastern Mississippi in the United States.

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Charles Fredericks

Charles Fredericks (5 Sep 1918 in Columbus, Mississippi – 14 May 1970 in Sherman Oaks, California) was an American actor of stage, television, and film.

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Choctaw

The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta)Common misspellings and variations in other languages include Chacta, Tchakta and Chocktaw.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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Clay County, Mississippi

Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Columbus Air Force Base

Columbus Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately north of Columbus, Mississippi.

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Columbus and Greenville Railway

There have been two uses of Columbus and Greenville Railway, both for the same rail line.

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Columbus Lake (Mississippi)

Columbus Lake is a lake in northeast Mississippi on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.

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Columbus Municipal School District

The Columbus Municipal School District is a public school district based and physically located in Columbus, Mississippi (USA).

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Columbus, Mississippi

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, on the eastern border of Mississippi, United States, located primarily east, but also north and northeast of the Tombigbee River, which is also referred to as the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.

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Columbus-West Point, MS CSA

The Columbus-West Point, MS Combined Statistical Area was formerly defined as consisting of Clay and Lowndes counties in northeastern Mississippi, which were separately treated as the West Point Micropolitan Statistical Area and Columbus Micropolitan Statistical Area, respectively.

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Combined statistical area

A combined statistical area (CSA) is composed of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) in the United States and Puerto Rico that can demonstrate economic or social linkage.

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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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David J. Eicher

David John Eicher (born August 7, 1961) is an American editor, writer, and popularizer of astronomy and space.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Ean Evans

Donald "Ean" Wayne Evans (September 16, 1960 – May 6, 2009) was the bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd from 2001 until his death.

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Edward J. C. Kewen

Edward J.C. Kewen (November 2, 1825 – 1879) was a California politician and the first Attorney General of California.

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El Dorado

El Dorado (Spanish for "the golden one"), originally El Hombre Dorado ("The Golden Man") or El Rey Dorado ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish Empire to describe a mythical tribal chief (zipa) of the Muisca native people of Colombia, who, as an initiation rite, covered himself with gold dust and submerged in Lake Guatavita.

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Elbert Drungo

Elbert J. Drungo, Jr. (April 30, 1943 – October 11, 2014) was an American football offensive lineman for one season in the American Football League for the Houston Oilers, then seven more seasons with the Oilers in the National Football League.

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Eliza Battle

The Eliza Battle was a Tombigbee River steamboat that ran a route between Columbus, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama during the 1850s.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company (often shortened to Fox and stylized as FOX) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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Francis Miles Finch

Francis Miles Finch (June 9, 1827 – July 31, 1907) was an American judge, poet, and academic associated with the early years of Cornell University.

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Friendship Cemetery

Friendship Cemetery is a cemetery located in Columbus, Mississippi.

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General officers in the Confederate States Army

The general officers of the Confederate States Army (CSA) were the senior military leaders of the Confederacy during the American Civil War of 1861–1865.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Gideon Lincecum

Gideon Lincecum (22 April 1793 – 28 November 1874) was an American pioneer, historian, physician, philosopher, and naturalist.

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Golden Triangle (Mississippi)

The Golden Triangle (GTR) is a region in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Golden Triangle Regional Airport

Golden Triangle Regional Airport is a public use airport in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad

The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio was a Class I railroad in the central United States whose primary routes extended from Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, to St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, as well as Chicago, Illinois.

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Guy M. Townsend

Guy Mannering Townsend III (October 25, 1920 – March 28, 2011) was a retired United States Air Force brigadier general, test pilot, and combat veteran.

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Hamilton, Alabama

Hamilton is a city in Marion County, Alabama, United States.

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Henry Armstrong

Henry Jackson Jr. (December 12, 1912 – October 24, 1988) was an American professional boxer and a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong.

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Heritage Academy (Mississippi)

Heritage Academy is a private college preparatory school in Columbus, Mississippi.

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Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto (1495 – May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first Spanish and European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and most likely Arkansas).

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Homer Brewer

Homer Ervin "Billy" Brewer (born November 8, 1934 in Columbus, Mississippi) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins.

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Jackson's Military Road

Jackson's Military Road was a 19th-century route connecting Nashville, Tennessee, with New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital city and largest urban center of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Jacob H. Sharp

Jacob Hunter Sharp (February 6, 1833 – September 15, 1907Eicher, p. 481.) was a Mississippi lawyer, newspaperman and politician, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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Jacob M. Dickinson

Jacob McGavock Dickinson (January 30, 1851 – December 13, 1928) was United States Secretary of War under President William Howard Taft from 1909 to 1911.

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James E. Darnell

James Edwin Darnell Jr. (born September 9, 1930 - Columbus, Mississippi) is an American biologist who made significant contributions to RNA processing and cytokine signaling and is author of the cell biology textbook Molecular Cell Biology.

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James R. Williams (lawyer)

James R. Williams (born 1936 in Columbus, Mississippi) is a U.S. lawyer, politician and jurist.

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Jasmine Murray

Jasmine S. Murray (born December 12, 1991) is an independent American singer and beauty pageant titleholder from Starkville, Mississippi.

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Jeff Smith (Mississippi politician)

Jeffrey C. Smith (born December 6, 1949) is a lawyer and a politician currently serving as a Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.

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Jim Thomas (Canadian football)

Jim "Long Gone" Thomas (December 18, 1938 – October 4, 2015) was a running back who played nine seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Edmonton Eskimos.

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John C. Stennis Lock and Dam

The John C. Stennis Lock and Dam, formerly named Columbus Lock and Dam, is one of four lock and dam structures on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway that generally lie along the original course of the Tombigbee River.

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John Pitchlynn

John Pitchlynn was a Scottish-American who served as the official U.S. Interpreter for relations between the government of the United States and the Choctaw Nation, an office known at the time as the Choctaw Agency.

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K–12

K–12 (spoken as "k twelve", "k through twelve", or "k to twelve"), for kindergarten to 12th grade, indicates the sum of primary and secondary education in several nations, including India, the United States, Canada, Ecuador, South Korea, Turkey, Philippines, Egypt, Australia, Afghanistan, and Iran for publicly supported school grades prior to college.

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Lenny Fant

Leonard O'Neil Fant (October 25, 1923 – October 12, 1998), was from 1957–1979 the men's basketball coach of the Northeast Louisiana University Indians (renamed the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks in 2005).

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Leslie Frazier

Leslie Antonio Frazier (born April 3, 1959) is an American football coach and former cornerback who is the defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills.

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List of counties in Mississippi

There are 82 counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Lowndes County School District (Mississippi)

The Lowndes County School District is a public school district based in Lowndes County, Mississippi (USA).

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Lowndes County, Mississippi

Lowndes County is a county located on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Luther Hackman

Luther Gean Hackman (born October 10, 1974) is a former professional pitcher for various baseball teams.

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Luxapallila Creek

Luxapalila Creek is a stream in Mississippi and Alabama in the United States.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd, or informally shortened to Skynyrd, is an American rock band best known for having popularized the Southern rock genre during the 1970s.

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Macon, Mississippi

Macon is a city in Noxubee County, Mississippi along the Noxubee River.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Memorial Day

Memorial Day or Decoration Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.

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Meridian, Mississippi

Meridian is the sixth largest city in the state of Mississippi, United States.

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Micropolitan statistical area

United States micropolitan statistical areas (µSA, where the initial Greek letter mu represents "micro-"), as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), are labor market areas in the United States centered on an urban cluster (urban area) with a population of at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 people.

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Miss Mississippi

Miss Mississippi is a scholarship pageant and a preliminary of Miss America.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mississippi Highway 12

Mississippi Highway 12 runs west–east from Mississippi Highway 1 west of Hollandale to State Route 18 at the Alabama state line northeast of Columbus.

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Mississippi Highway 182

Mississippi Highway 182 designates the old two-lane highway for US 82 where the current US 82 occupies a new right-of-way.

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Mississippi Highway 50

Mississippi Highway 50 (MS 50) is a state highway in Mississippi.

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Mississippi Highway 69

Mississippi Highway 69 (MS 69) is a state highway in eastern Mississippi.

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Mississippi House of Representatives

The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the US state of Mississippi.

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Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science

The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) is Mississippi's only public residential high school for academically gifted students and is located in Columbus, Mississippi on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women.

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Mississippi University for Women

Mississippi University for Women, also known as MUW or "The W", is a four-year coeducational public university located in Columbus, Mississippi, United States.

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Multiracial Americans

Multiracial Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of "two or more races".

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MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated as MyTV, MyNet, MNT or MNTV), is an American television network/syndication service that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group division of 21st Century Fox, operated by its Fox Television Stations division, and distributed through the syndication structure of 20th Television.

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Nammo

Nammo, short for Nordic Ammunition Company, is a Norwegian/Finnish aerospace and defence group specialized in production of ammunition, rocket motors and space applications.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.

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Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez is the county seat and only city of Adams County, Mississippi, United States.

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Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877), called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a cotton farmer, slave owner, slave trader, Confederate Army general during the American Civil War, first leader of the Ku Klux Klan, and president of the Selma, Marion, & Memphis Railroad.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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Norfolk Southern Railway

The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad in the United States.

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Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

Oktibbeha County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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OMNOVA Solutions

OMNOVA Solutions Inc., is a global manufacturer of emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals, and functional and decorative surfaces.

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Orphanage

An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans—children whose biological parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to take care of them.

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Paccar

PACCAR Inc is an American Fortune 500 company and counts among the largest manufacturers of medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles in the world.

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Pedal steel guitar

The pedal steel guitar is a console-type of steel guitar with pedals and levers added to enable playing more varied and complex music which had not been possible with antecedent steel guitar designs.

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Per capita income

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Plymouth, Mississippi

Plymouth was an early settlement in Mississippi in present-day Lowndes County.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Red Barber

Walter Lanier "Red" Barber (February 17, 1908 – October 22, 1992) was an American sports commentator.

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Reuben K. Davis

Reuben K. Davis (July 26, 1920 - March 9, 2010).

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Robert Ivy

Robert Ivy, FAIA, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

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Robert L. Turner

Robert L. Turner (born September 14, 1947), is a former Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, serving eleven terms from 1991 to 2013.

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Roy Ayres

Roy Ayres (December 10, 1929 – June 9, 2012) was an American pedal steel guitar player.

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Ruby Jane Smith

Ruby Jane Smith (born November 17, 1994) is an American fiddle player, singer, and songwriter in the traditional bluegrass and Americana music genres.

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Sam Jethroe

Samuel Jethroe, nicknamed "The Jet"(January 20, 1918 – June 18, 2001), was an American center fielder in Negro league and Major League Baseball.

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Section of Painting and Sculpture

The Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture (later known as the Section of Fine Arts), commonly known as the Section, was established in 1934 and administered by the Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury.

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Sedric Toney

Sedric Andre Toney (born April 13, 1962) is a retired American National Basketball Association player.

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Severstal

Severstal (Northern Steel) is a Russian company mainly operating in the steel and mining industry, headquartered in Cherepovets.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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St. Louis–San Francisco Railway

The St.

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Starkville, Mississippi

Starkville is a city in, and the county seat of, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States.

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Steel Dynamics

Steel Dynamics, Inc., sometimes abbreviated as "SDI", is a steel producer based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Stephen D. Lee

Stephen Dill Lee (September 22, 1833 – May 28, 1908) was an American soldier, and the youngest Confederate lieutenant general of the American Civil War.

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Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command (MAJCOM), responsible for Cold War command and control of two of the three components of the U.S. military's strategic nuclear strike forces, the so-called "nuclear triad," with SAC having control of land-based strategic bomber aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missiles or ICBMs (the third leg of the triad being submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) of the U.S. Navy).

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Supertalk Mississippi

Supertalk Mississippi, also known as The Super Talk Mississippi Radio Network or simply Supertalk, is a statewide, commercial news and talk radio network based in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Tennessee Williams

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American playwright.

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Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway

The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway (popularly known as the Tenn-Tom) is a man-made waterway that extends from the Tennessee River to the junction of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee River system near Demopolis, Alabama, United States.

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Terry W. Brown

Terry W. Brown (March 14, 1950 – September 4, 2014) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi, who served in the Mississippi Senate, representing the 17th district, and as the Senate President pro tempore.

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The Columbus Packet

The Columbus Packet, also known as The Packet, is a weekly newspaper published in Columbus, Mississippi (USA).

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The Commercial Dispatch

The Commercial Dispatch is the daily newspaper of Columbus, Mississippi, United States.

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The CW

The CW Television Network (commonly referred to as just The CW) is an American English-language broadcast television network that is operated by the CW Network, LLC, a limited liability joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network (UPN), and Warner Bros. Entertainment, former majority owner of The WB.

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Toilet seat

A toilet seat is a hinged unit consisting of a round or oval open seat, and usually a lid, which is bolted onto the bowl of a toilet used in a sitting position (as opposed to a squat toilet).

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Tombigbee River

The Tombigbee River is a tributary of the Mobile River, approximately 200 mi (325 km) long, in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Alabama.

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Tupelo, Mississippi

Tupelo is the county seat and the largest city of Lee County, Mississippi, United States.

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Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama (in the southeastern United States).

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Tyson Brummett

Tyson Colby Brummett (born August 15, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher.

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U.S. Route 45

U.S. Route 45 is a major north–south United States highway and a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico.

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U.S. Route 82

U.S. Route 82 is an east–west United States highway in the Southern United States.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government.

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University of Akron

The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron, Ohio, United States.

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University of Louisiana at Monroe

The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) is a coeducational public university in Monroe, Louisiana, United States, and part of the University of Louisiana System.

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Valmet

The Valmet Corporation is a Finnish company and a developer and supplier of technologies, automation systems and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries.

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WCBI-TV

WCBI-TV is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Columbus, Mississippi, United States, serving northeastern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama.

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West Point, Mississippi

West Point is a city in Clay County, Mississippi, in the Golden Triangle region of the state.

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White's Slough

White's Slough is a rare Cypress swamp in northeast Mississippi close to Columbus.

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William N. Still Jr.

William Norwood Still Jr. (born in Columbus, Mississippi on September 25, 1932) is an American maritime historian who was the first director of the program in maritime history at East Carolina University and a noted author of works on U.S. Civil War history and U.S. naval history.

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William S. Barry

William S. Barry (born William Taylor Sullivan Barry; December 10, 1821 – January 29, 1868) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.

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WLOV-TV

WLOV-TV is a Fox affiliated television station licensed to West Point, Mississippi, United States, serving northeastern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama.

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Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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WTVA

WTVA is a dual NBC/ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Tupelo, Mississippi, United States, serving northeastern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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48 Hours (TV series)

48 Hours is an American documentary/news magazine television series broadcast on CBS.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Mississippi

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