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  Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mississippi was the 20th state admitted to the Union, on December 10, 1817.
Mississippi was the second state to secede from the Union as one of the Confederate States of America on January 9, 1861.
Mississippi was considered to typify the Deep South during the era of Jim Crow.
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 Mississippi County, Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mississippi County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
The county was formed on November 1, 1833 and named for the Mississippi River.
In the county the population is spread out with 29.60% under the age of 18, 9.90% from 18 to 24, 27.50% from 25 to 44, 20.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.20% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mississippi_County,_Arkansas   (385 words)

  
 Mississippi County, Missouri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Mississippi County is a county located in the state of Missouri.
In the county the population is spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.90% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $23,012, and the median income for a family is $28,833.
stcharles.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Mississippi_County,_Missouri   (402 words)

  
 Mississippi County
The reclaimed land, made especially rich by centuries of floods from the Mississippi River, was excellent farm land for corn, wheat, cotton, and later soybeans.
Mississippi County is located in what was formerly known as "Tywappity Bottom", a vast area bordered by the Scott County Hills on the north, St. James Bayou on the south, the Mississippi River on the east and Little River on the west.
An act to incorporate the City of Charleston, Missouri, in the County of Mississippi, was enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri on March 25, 1872.
www.charlestonmo.net /miss.asp   (329 words)

  
 Mississippi County Rural EC
The application, submitted by the Mississippi County Arkansas Economic Opportunity Commission (MCEC), is based on a comprehensive needs assessment survey of local residents and an assessment undertaken by the US Air Force in preparing for the closing of Eaker Air Force Base.
The County was fortunate to have begun the strategic planning process prior to the announcement of the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program and built upon their previous work.
Mississippi County is part of an initiative by The Foundation for the Mid-South known as the "Workforce Alliance." The project is designed to revitalize education and training systems and to create a competitive labor force by bringing together people across community and racial divisions.
www.ezec.gov /ezec/ar/mscounty.html   (623 words)

  
 City of East Prairie, Mississippi County Rural EC
Mississippi county, Missouri is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in the heart of the nation.
It is the eastern most county in the state and is surrounded by 95 miles of Mississippi River frontage.
Mississippi County's median household income is $15,458, which is $11,213 less than that of the state.
www.ezec.gov /ezec/mo/prarie.html   (794 words)

  
 WFotW ~ Faulkner Glossary: "Y"
The region of Mississippi known as the Delta is actually the common floodplain of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers.
In Flags in the Dust, "Yocona" is the name given to the county in which the novel is set; later, Faulkner changed the name of the fictional county.
It is bounded on the north by the Tallahatchie River (an actual river in Mississippi) and its southern boundary is the Yoknapatawpha River.
www.mcsr.olemiss.edu /~egjbp/faulkner/glossaryy.html   (620 words)

  
 Mississippi County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Unemployment rates in Mississippi County increased in the early 1990s to 11.5% in 1994, then declined to about 9% in 1996, and increased to 12% in 1998 before dropping to 10% in 2000.
A larger proportion of jobs in Mississippi County are in farm and farm services and manufacturing as compared to the State average.
Thirty-seven percent of the jobs in Mississippi County are in those sectors as compared to 24 percent for the State.
www.uaex.edu /mississippi/county_profile/employment.asp   (406 words)

  
 Webster County, Mississippi - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Webster County is a county located in the U.S. State of Mississippi.
In the county the population is spread out with 26.10% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 16.40% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $28,834, and the median income for a family is $34,969.
education.music.us /W/Webster-County,-Mississippi.htm   (578 words)

  
 Settlement Agreement - HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
The County does not admit by the signing of this Agreement that its current policies and practices are in violation in any respect with the ADA or its implementing regulation.
The ADA applies to the County because it is a public entity as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 12131 and the Department of Justice's regulation implementing title II, 28 C.F.R. § 35.104.
The County has established, and will continue to maintain, a written policy (attached), which requires that the Court ensure that persons who are deaf or hard of hearing have an equal opportunity to benefit from the programs and services of the Courts, including, but not limited to, participating as jurors, parties, witnesses, and spectators.
www.usdoj.gov /crt/ada/harriss.htm   (881 words)

  
 Neshoba County Fair – Philadelphia, Mississippi
Home of the state's only licensed horse track since 1922 and the nation's largest campground fair, the fair is "Mississippi's Giant House Party®" and was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The Fair cabin is the center of activity for families staying at the fair and the front porch is the most popular place for gathering.
The Neshoba County Fair is the political forum for the State of Mississippi.
www.neshobacountyfair.org   (203 words)

  
 Woodville, Mississippi
Wilkinson County covers an area of 439,318 acres and is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River.
Population for Wilkinson County Mississippi for 2000 was 10,312.
Land use among the 439,318 acres in the county is listed from largest to the smallest: forest, pasture, water and wetlands, cropland, transportation and urban areas.
woodville4.tripod.com   (609 words)

  
 CNN.com - Katrina kills 50 in one Mississippi county - Aug 30, 2005
Thirty of those confirmed deaths in Harrison County were at the St. Charles apartment complex, near the beach in casino resort town of Biloxi, said Kelly Jakubic with the county's Emergency Operations Center.
In Mississippi, streets and homes were flooded as far as six miles inland, and the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 between Gulfport and Biloxi were impassable because of storm debris.
Looting was reported by police in Gulfport, Mississippi, where the storm surge left downtown streets under 10 feet of water.
www.cnn.com /2005/WEATHER/08/29/hurricane.katrina   (1186 words)

  
 Mississippi Burning Trial: The Movie (1988)
Mississippi Burning is rooted as firmly in film history as it is in social history.
Mississippi Burning was patently based on the murder of three civil rights workers in June 1964 -- a local fl, James Chaney, and two white Northerners, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.
Disagreeing is the 1964 president of the Neshoba County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/price&bowers/movie.html   (1836 words)

  
 George County Lucedale, Mississippi (Counties)
The county seat of George County, Mississippi, is Lucedale.
The county population on July 1, 1999, was 20,185, an increase of 3,512 over the 1990 census.
Lucedale is located within the Coastal Region in George County (of which it is the county seat)...
www.ohwy.com /ms/y/y28039.htm   (92 words)

  
 Mississippi County, Missouri - River Heritage Region of Missouri Tourism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Whether your interest be bird watching, hunting, fishing or just enjoying the natural beauty of the land, Mississippi County has something for everyone.
In addition, the Mississippi River Trail meanders its way through the county offering cyclists and motorists alike an opportunity to enjoy the natural bounty of the nation's heartland.
Local, regional and state history are also preserved in Mississippi County at the Mississippi County Historical Museum, located in East Prairie and the Governor Warren Hearnes Museum and Mississippi County Historical Society Home and Museum, both located in Charleston.
rosecity.net /rhr/mississippi.html   (637 words)

  
 Welcome to Charleston, Missouri!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The city lies nestled on a scenic natural prairie just a ten minute drive west of the confluence of the mighty Ohio and Mississippi rivers near the center of the North American continent.
It is a lovely agricultural community situated along the Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate highway system in the midst of some of the richest alluvial farmland in the world.
Mississippi County is an intricate patchwork of the old and the new.
www.charlestonmo.org   (229 words)

  
 Lowndes County Columbus, Mississippi (Counties)
The county seat of Lowndes County, Mississippi, is Columbus.
The county population on July 1, 1999, was 60,527, an increase of 1,219 over the 1990 census.
Columbus-Lowndes County Airport serves Columbus and Lowndes County and is owned by the City Of...
www.ohwy.com /ms/y/y28087.htm   (113 words)

  
 Green Party of Mississippi
The Green Party of Mississippi became an official party when its registration was accepted by the Secretary of State's Office on April 4, 2002.
The State Executive Committee is working to organize county and congressional district committees across the entire state.
If you were one of those voting for Nader, we want to especially invite you to join the new party and work for a county committee and offer other likeminded progressives an invitation to work inside a new political party.
www.greenpartyms.org   (182 words)

  
 Mississippi Census and County Formation Maps
County highway maps, produced by the Mississippi State Highway Department, Map Sales, P.O. Box 1850, Jackson, Mississippi, 39215-1850, are available for a nominal fee.
Information in respect to state and federal legislation of land is uncovered in the Mississippi Historical Records Survey, State and County Boundaries of Mississippi (Jackson, Miss.: Historical Records Survey, 1942).
This publication presents, in summary form, all the laws affecting the boundaries of the state of Mississippi, the counties in the state, and the judicial districts that were changed either by law, treaty, or proclamation
www.mymississippigenealogy.com /ms_maps.htm   (236 words)

  
 State of Mississippi
Microfilm and original copies of a large, although not complete, collection of Mississippi county records are in the collection held by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Dates in the chart which follows indicate those materials jointly held by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the FHL.
Deeds, probate records, and marriages may be found at the chancery clerk at the county courthouse.
www.mymississippigenealogy.com   (245 words)

  
 County Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The following publications are especially applicable to Mississippi county government officials.
Mississippi Supervisor and Chancery Clerk, Circuit Clerk, Tax Assessor and Collector (ISSN 0738-727X) is the official publication of the MAS, the Mississippi Association of Chancery Clerks, the Mississippi Association of Circuit Clerks, and the Mississippi Assessors and Collectors Association.
A Handbook for County Board Attorneys in Mississippi (by Benjamin E. Griffith with an appendix by Samuel W. (Sam) Keyes, Jr., Mississippi State, MS: Center for Governmental Technology, 2000) was written for the Mississippi county board attorney and contains the most current and comprehensive information available on this topic in a single publication.
www.masnetwork.org /publications.html   (202 words)

  
 Perry County Mississippi History and Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Other genealogy and historical sites for Mississippi can be found at GenExchange The MSGWP pages are now located at Perry, Forrest and Lamar.
Mississippi Heritage Research and Preservation League, a/k/a The Mississippi Project.
The Mississippi Project is a group of like minded individuals who are in the process of forming a non profit corporation for historical heritage preservation, research, and education in Mississippi, in order to branch out from just an internet society to an actual community service society.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ms/county/perry   (439 words)

  
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Walthall County is referred to as the CREAM PITCHER OF MISSISSIPPI because it is the
primary dairy county in the state, leading in milk production and the number of dairies.
Conveniently located in southwest Mississippi, Walthall County is home to 15,000+
www.walthallcountychamber.org   (237 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Mississippi County, Ark.
For convenient presentation of this material, the site includes a page for each of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S., as well as for various U.S. and foreign territories and countries.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/AR/MS.html   (570 words)

  
 Mississippi County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Mississippi County has a high number of people who receives food stamps.
Two schools in two towns in the county were involved.
This is the first year for the program to be conducted in the county.
www.uaex.edu /Mississippi/progress_report/FSNEP.asp   (260 words)

  
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Erected in 1907 as the county jail, this three-storied brick structure was built in the Romanesque style of architecture.
In 1982 a group of interested citizens began a fund-raising project to restore the property and to have the building listed on the National Register of Historic Places and to be declared a Mississippi Landmark, both distinctions insuring a protected status.
With donations ranging from fifty cents to $10,000 the citizens were able to raise $106,000.
www.noxubee.lib.ms.us   (181 words)

  
 DeSoto County, Mississippi Home Page
Bordered by Tennessee to the North, we are truly at the top of Mississippi.
DeSoto County enjoys the benefits of growth while maintaining it's rich heritage of hometown hospitality and community spirit.
No legal responsibility concerning the reliability of this information is assumed by DeSoto County or the State of Mississippi or any parties related thereto.
www.desotoms.com   (143 words)

  
 Mississippi County, Arkansas Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Mississippi County, Arkansas Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
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