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The college was founded in 1858 [1] by Milton J. Whitworth, [2] opened in 1859, [3] and disestablished in 1984. [1] It was associated with the Mississippi Methodist Conference until 1938. [4] During the Civil War the college was used as a Confederate hospital and managed to reopen after the war's end. [2] In August 1878, local freemasons laid ...
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Mississippi.It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure
Lanier High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. The current principal is Valerie Bradley. [5] There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male.
Millsaps College. / 32.32222°N 90.17944°W / 32.32222; -90.17944. Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi. It was founded in 1890 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church .
Former diocese Coat of Arms. The Diocese of Jackson is a Latin Church diocese in Mississippi in the United States. Its ecclesiastical jurisdiction includes the northern and central parts of the state, an area of 97,458 square kilometers (37,629 sq mi). It is the largest diocese, by area, east of the Mississippi River .
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.
Jackson/Hinds Library System. Coordinates: 32.301698°N 90.179419°W. Eudora Welty Library, the main library. Jackson/Hinds Library System ( JHLS) is the public library system of Jackson and Hinds County in Mississippi .
Jackson, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the central region of the U.S. state of Mississippi that covers seven counties: Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, and Yazoo. As of the 2010 census, the Jackson MSA had a population of 586,320. According to 2019 estimates, the population has ...