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Laurel, Mississippi

Index Laurel, Mississippi

Laurel is a city in and the second county seat of Jones County, Mississippi, United States. [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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Akeem Davis

Akeem Davis (born December 25, 1989) is an American football safety who is currently a free agent.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.

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Area codes 601 and 769

Area codes 601 and 769 are the telephone area codes for central Mississippi.

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At-large

At-large is a designation for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body (for example, a city, state or province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset of that membership.

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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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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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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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Blanche DuBois

Blanche DuBois (married name Grey) is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire.

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Carroll Gartin

Carroll Gartin (September 14, 1913 – December 19, 1966) was an American Democratic politician from Laurel in Jones County in southeastern Mississippi, who served three terms as the 22nd lieutenant governor of his state.

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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 W. Pickering

Charles Willis Pickering Sr. (born May 29, 1937) is a retired jurist who served as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and, briefly, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Chip Pickering

Charles Willis "Chip" Pickering Jr. (born August 10, 1963) is a politician in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Chris McDaniel

Christopher Brian McDaniel (born June 28, 1971) is an American attorney, conservative commentator and politician of the Republican Party who since 2008 has represented the 42nd district in the Mississippi State Senate.

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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Clinton Portis

Clinton Earl Portis (born September 1, 1981) is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons.

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Country Living

Country Living is an American lifestyle and home magazine published by the Hearst Corporation since 1978.

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Crescent (train)

The Crescent is a passenger train operated by Amtrak in the eastern United States.

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David and the Giants

David and the Giants began as a rock band in Laurel, Mississippi; with the Huff brothers: David, Clay, and Ray—with Jerry Parker on drums, touring the Southeast during the 1960s.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church.

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Doug Marlette

Douglas Nigel "Doug" Marlette (December 6, 1949 – July 10, 2007) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist who, at the time of his death, had also published two novels and was "finding his voice in writing long-length fiction.", an Associated Press story via CNN His popular comic strip Kudzu, distributed by Universal Press Syndicate from 1981 to 2007, was adapted into a musical comedy.

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Ed Hinton (sportswriter)

Edward Talmage "Ed" Hinton (born July 21, 1948) is a former motorsports columnist for ESPN.com.

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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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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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Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life

The Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, formerly the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, is a non-profit Jewish organization based in Jackson, Mississippi that provides a variety of educational, cultural and religious services to underserved Jewish communities throughout the South.

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Hattiesburg–Laurel Regional Airport

Hattiesburg–Laurel Regional Airport, nicknamed Airport City, is a public airport located in Jones County, Mississippi.

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HGTV

HGTV (an initialism for Home & Garden Television) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Discovery, Inc. HGTV broadcasts a variety of how-to shows with a focus on home improvement, gardening, crafts, and remodeling.

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Home Town (TV series)

Home Town is an American television series starring husband and wife team Ben and Erin Napier that premiered on March 21, 2017 on HGTV.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.

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Interstate 59

Interstate 59 (I-59) is an Interstate Highway located in the southeastern United States.

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Jake Allen (American football)

Jjathus Illimski "Jake" Allen (born January 19, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver.

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Jason Campbell

Jason S. Campbell (born December 31, 1981) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL).

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Jones County, Mississippi

Jones County is a county located in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kenny Payne

Kenneth Victor "Kenny" Payne (born) is a retired American professional basketball player and currently an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Kentucky.

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Lance Bass

James Lance Bass (born May 4, 1979) is an American singer, dancer, actor, film and television producer, and author.

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Laurel Christian High School

Laurel Christian High School is a private, college preparatory Christian school that was founded in 1982.

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Laurel Leader-Call

The Laurel Leader-Call is a thrice-weekly newspaper published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in Laurel, Mississippi, United States, covering Jones County.

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Laurel micropolitan area

The Laurel Micropolitan Statistical Area is a micropolitan area in the southeastern Mississippi that covers two counties - Jasper and Jones.

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Laurel station (Mississippi)

Laurel is an Amtrak station at 230 North Maple Street in the heart of downtown Laurel, Mississippi.

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Lauren Rogers Museum of Art

Mississippi's first art museum, the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art is located in Laurel, Mississippi, United States.

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Leontyne Price

Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano.

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Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi

The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking executive officer in Mississippi, right below the Governor of Mississippi.

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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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Lloyd Wells

Lloyd Wells is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger.

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Mark Landis

Mark Augustus Landis (born 1955) is an American painter who lives in Laurel, Mississippi.

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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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Marsha Blackburn

Marsha Blackburn (née Wedgeworth; June 6, 1952) is an American politician and businesswoman.

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Mary Elizabeth Ellis

Mary Elizabeth Ellis (born May 11, 1979) is an American actress.

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Mary Mills (golfer)

Mary Mills (born January 19, 1940) is a retired American professional golfer.

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Masonite International

Masonite International Corporation is a company headquartered in Tampa, Florida, which employs over nine thousand people worldwide.

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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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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 Department of Mental Health

The Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) is a state agency of Mississippi, headquartered in Suite 1101 of the Robert E. Lee Building in Jackson.

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Mississippi Highway 15

Mississippi Highway 15 (MS 15) is a state highway in Mississippi.

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Moselle, Mississippi

Moselle is an unincorporated community in southern Jones County, Mississippi.

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Mundell Lowe

James Mundell Lowe (April 21, 1922 – December 2, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist who worked often in radio, television, and film, and as a session musician.

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Municipal corporation

A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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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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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Omeria Scott

Omeria McDonald Scott (born November 21, 1956) is an American Democratic politician.

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Parker Posey

Parker Christian Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress and musician.

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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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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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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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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

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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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Ralph Boston

Ralph Harold Boston (born May 9, 1939) is a retired American track athlete, and he is best remembered for the long jump, in which he was the first person to break the barrier.

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Ray Walston

Herman Raymond Walston (November 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American actor and comedian, best known as the title character on My Favorite Martian.

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Robert Hyatt

Robert (Bob) Hyatt is a retired Associate Professor of computer science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences (1988–2016).

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Sanderson Farms

Sanderson Farms is the third largest poultry producer in the United States and produces 9.375 million chickens per week.

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Single-member district

A single-member district or single-member constituency is an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature.

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South Central Regional Medical Center

South Central Regional Medical Center is the only hospital located in Laurel, Mississippi.

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South Mississippi State Hospital

The South Mississippi State Hospital (SMSH) is an acute care regional psychiatric facility of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health located in unincorporated Lamar County, Mississippi, near Purvis.

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Stacey E. Pickering

Stacey Eugene Pickering (born July 12, 1968), is the Republican State Auditor of Mississippi, a position that he has filled since 2008.

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Stanley Kowalski

Stanley Kowalski is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire.

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State Auditor of Mississippi

The State Auditor of Mississippi has been an elected position in Mississippi since 1817.

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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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Tess Holliday

Ryann Maegen Hoven (born July 5, 1985), known professionally as Tess Holliday and formerly known as Tess Munster, is an American plus-size model based in Los Angeles.

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Tom Lester

Thomas William "Tom" Lester (born September 23, 1938) is an American actor and evangelist.

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U.S. Route 11 in Mississippi

The Mississippi section of US 11 is defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 65-3-3.

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U.S. Route 84

U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is an east–west U.S. Highway.

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U.S. state

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

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Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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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 House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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WBBN

WBBN (95.9 FM, "B-95") is a radio station licensed to the community of Taylorsville, Mississippi, and serving the Laurel-Hattiesburg area.

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WDAM-TV

WDAM-TV is a dual NBC/ABC-affiliated television station serving Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States that is licensed to Laurel.

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WHLT

WHLT is the CBS-affiliated television station for Southeastern Mississippi's Pine Belt that is licensed to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States.

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WXRR

WXRR (104.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States, the station serves the Laurel-Hattiesburg area. The station is currently owned by Blakeney Communications. The station's previous call letters were WHSY as Y104 a Rock format when it was owned by Charlie Holt. The station was purchased in 1994 by Blakeney Communications. In its present form, the station signed on for the first time April 1, 1995.

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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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References

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

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