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28-17060. GNIS feature ID. 0669000. Website. cityofcrystalsprings .com. Crystal Springs is a city in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 5,044 as of the 2010 census, [2] down from 5,873 in 2000. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area .
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 ...
Walter Ross Wade was born in 1810 in South Carolina. His father was Daniel Wade and his mother, Jean Brown Ross. His maternal grandfather was Isaac Ross, the first owner of the Prospect Hill Plantation. Career. He worked as a physician, treating patients in the Natchez District.
Its ZIP code is 39356. History. Rose Hill was named by early settlers for the wild roses that grew in the surrounding area. The community was formerly home to a normal school known as the Rose Hill Normal Institute. A post office first began operating under the name Rose Hill in 1888.
Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Along with Raymond, Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds County.The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, a significant decline from 173,514, or 11.42%, since the 2010 census, representing the largest decline in population during the decade of any major U.S. city.
Charles Thomas Jackson (June 21, 1805 – August 28, 1880) was an American physician and scientist who was active in medicine, chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. Life and work [ edit ] Born at Plymouth, Massachusetts , of a prominent New England family, he was a brother-in-law of Ralph Waldo Emerson and a graduate of the Harvard Medical School ...
Vaiden, Mississippi. / 33.33167°N 89.74694°W / 33.33167; -89.74694. Vaiden is a town in Carroll County, Mississippi, United States and its first county seat. The population was 734 at the 2010 census. [2] It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area .
28-24940. GNIS feature ID. 0670043. Website. www .florams .com. Flora is a town in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,647 at the 2020 census, [2] down from 1,886 in 2010. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area . The town is named after Flora Mann Jones, an early resident.
Current Lamar County Courthouse in Purvis, Mississippi, circa 1956. / 31.14250°N 89.40778°W / 31.14250; -89.40778. Purvis is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Lamar County, Mississippi. [3] It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,175 at the 2010 census.
A post office was established in 1846, and the town was incorporated in 1906. Noxapater was a stop on the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad, built in 1890. In 1927, a mob of 1,000 white men, mostly from Louisville, lynched two African-Americans, Jim and Mark Fox. The Foxes were accused of killing a white man who started a fight with them.