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  2. Ross Barnett Reservoir - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. University of Mississippi Medical Center - Wikipedia

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    University of Mississippi Medical Center. / 32.328853; -90.173159. University of Mississippi Medical Center ( UMMC) is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and is located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. UMMC, also referred to as the Medical Center, is the state's only academic medical center .

  4. List of plantations in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Brierfield Plantation. Davis Bend. 32°09′12″N 91°07′15″W  / . 32.15320°N 91.12094°W. / 32.15320; -91.12094  ( Brierfield) Warren. Built 1847 by Jefferson Davis adjacent to his older brother's Hurricane Plantation; destroyed by fire in 1931. [citation needed] 83000949. Cherry Grove Plantation.

  5. 1979 Easter flood - Wikipedia

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    Hinds, Madison, and Rankin counties, Mississippi, U.S. Map showing the Pearl River in Mississippi. The 1979 Easter flood was one of the most costly and devastating floods to ever occur in Mississippi, United States, with $ 500–700 million in damages ($2.1 billion in 2020 dollars). [2] [3] It was the result of the Pearl River being overwhelmed ...

  6. Meridian, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Meridian is the eighth most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, [2] with a population of 35,052 at the 2020 census. [3] It is the county seat of Lauderdale County and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area. Along major highways, the city is 93 mi (150 km) east of Jackson; 154 mi (248 km ...

  7. Prospect Hill Plantation - Wikipedia

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    The Prospect Hill Plantation was a former 5,000-acre plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi. In the early 19th century, the plantation was owned by planter Isaac Ross of South Carolina, who enslaved African American people to farm cotton as a cash crop. In 1830, Ross and other major planters co-founded the Mississippi chapter of the ...

  8. Jackson's Military Road - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital - Wikipedia

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    Location: Cnr Troughton Rd & Kessels Rd, Coopers Plains QLD 4108. The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (QE II) is a public hospital located in Coopers Plains, Brisbane, Australia. [1] The hospital was officially opened on 26 September 1980. The hospital originally was developed to be a site for future expansion of the Mater Children's ...

  10. Mississippi's congressional districts - Wikipedia

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    Mississippi was granted statehood on December 10, 1817. Historical and present district boundaries. Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Mississippi, presented chronologically. All redistricting events that took place in Mississippi between 1973 and 2013 are shown.

  11. National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson ...

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    This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.