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The Ross Barnett Reservoir, often called the Rez, is a reservoir of the Pearl River between Madison and Rankin counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The 33,000-acre (130 km 2) lake serves as the state's largest drinking water resource, and is managed by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. The lake features 105 miles (169 km) of ...
1828 map showing Jackson's Military Road segment in central Mississippi (labelled as "Jacksons Road") Jackson's Military Road was a 19th-century route connecting Nashville, Tennessee, with New Orleans, Louisiana. After the War of 1812, Congress appropriated funds in 1816 to build and improve this road. It was completed in 1820.
Graptemys khonii. Ferri, 2002 ( ex errore) [1] Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni. — Rhodin et al., 2010 [2] The Mississippi map turtle ( Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni) is a subspecies of land and water turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. G. p. kohni is endemic to the central United States .
The Jackson Police Department (JPD) provides law enforcement to approximately 175,000 residents within the 120-square-mile (310 km 2) Hinds County portion of Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It was reported that JPD had 335 sworn offices in 2019, and 225 in 2023.
39174. Area code (s) 601, 769. GNIS feature ID. 678828 [1] Tougaloo (TUG-a-lu) is an area in Jackson and in Hinds County, Mississippi. [2] Its ZIP Code, 39174, is assigned to the area encompassing Tougaloo College, which is in Madison County. [3] The U.S. Postal Service operates the Tougaloo Post Office.
November 7, 1976 [2] Designated USMS. November 14, 1990 [1] The King Edward Hotel, built in 1923 as the Edwards Hotel, is an historic hotel in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. The second of two buildings located on the site at the corner of Capitol and Mill Streets, it was closed and vacant for nearly 40 years before renovations began in 2006.
The Jackson family is an African American family of musicians and entertainers from Gary, Indiana. Many of the children of Joseph Walter (or Joe) and Katherine Esther Jackson were successful musicians, notably the brothers that formed the Motown boy band the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons). Several of the siblings also had successful ...
Fort Jackson, Louisiana. / 29.3569°N 89.4556°W / 29.3569; -89.4556. Fort Jackson is a historic masonry fort located 40 miles (64 km) up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was constructed as a coastal defense of New Orleans, between 1822 and 1832, and it was a battle site during the ...