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July 24, 1990 (Junction of U.S. Route 82 and Henderson St.: Starkville: 18: Oktibbeha Gardens Subdivision Historic District: September 28, 2017 (Roughly bounded by ...
Starkville is the largest city in the Golden Triangle, which had a population of 175,474 in 2020, and the principal city of the Starkville-Columbus, MS CSA. Founded in 1831, the city was originally known as Boardtown for the local sawmilling operation there, but was renamed in 1837 to honor American Revolutionary War general John Stark.
Burned in 1940. Hurricane Plantation. Davis Bend. 32°10′01″N 91°08′53″W / 32.16681°N 91.14816°W / 32.16681; -91.14816 (Hurricane) Warren. Built 1827 by Joseph Davis, older brother of Jefferson Davis. All primary structures except for the library pavilion (pictured) were burned in 1862 by Federal troops. 78001581 ...
Mississippi State in 1914. The university began as The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi (or Mississippi A&M), one of the national land-grant colleges established after Congress passed the Morrill Act in 1862. It was created by the Mississippi Legislature on February 28, 1878, to fulfill the mission of offering ...
Website. www.oktibbehacountyms.org. Oktibbeha County is a county in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census the population was 51,788. [2] The county seat is Starkville. The county's name is derived from a Choctaw word meaning "icy creek" [3].
July 24, 1990. The Odd Fellows Cemetery in Starkville, Mississippi is a historic, 3-acre (1.2 ha) African-American cemetery that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [ 1 ] Odd Fellows Cemetery is one of the oldest African American cemeteries in Mississippi. [ 2 ] It was founded by lodge number 2948 of the Grand Order ...
Humphrey Coliseum is a 9,100-seat multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Mississippi State University, just outside Starkville, Mississippi, that opened for the 1975-76 basketball season. Nicknamed The Hump, it is home to the Mississippi State Bulldogs men's and women's basketball teams. It is the largest on-campus basketball arena in the ...
Coordinates: 33.542190°N 88.660831°W. The Golden Triangle (GTR) is a region in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The "triangle" is formed by the cities of Columbus, Starkville, and West Point but the region is often more broadly-defined to include all of Clay, Lowndes, and Oktibbeha counties and sometimes additional ...