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Tupelo ( / ˈtuːpəloʊ / TOO-pə-loh) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1860, [4] the population was 37,923 at the 2020 census. It is the 7th most populous city in Mississippi and is considered a commercial, industrial, and cultural hub of northern Mississippi . Tupelo was incorporated in 1870.
Walter Leake, Governor of Mississippi 21,258: 583 sq mi (1,510 km 2) Lee County: 081: Tupelo: LE: 1866: Formed from Itawamba and Pontotoc Counties: Robert E. Lee, General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States: 82,799: 450 sq mi (1,165 km 2) Leflore County: 083: Greenwood: LF: 1871: Formed from Carroll and Sunflower Counties
March 20, 2006. ( #06000196) Highland Circle neighborhood, including parts of N. Madison St., Highland Circle, Oak Grove Rd., and W. Jackson St. 34°16′01″N 88°42′43″W. / 34.266944°N 88.711944°W / 34.266944; -88.711944 ( Highland Circle Historic District) Tupelo. 12. Lee County Courthouse. Lee County Courthouse.
Around 8:30 p.m., April 5, 1936, the Tupelo tornado, the fourth-deadliest tornado in United States history, emerged from a complex of storm cells and touched down in a rural area approximately eight miles outside of the city.
Booneville, Mississippi. / 34.64444°N 88.57333°W / 34.64444; -88.57333. Booneville / ˈbuːnvɪl / is a city in the U.S. state of Mississippi and is the county seat of Prentiss County. [5] It is located in the hilly North Mississippi region, and ecologically is part of the Southeastern Plains region.
Tupelo Regional Airport (IATA: TUP, ICAO: KTUP, FAA LID: TUP) is a public use airport located 3.7 miles; 3.2 nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Tupelo, a city in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It is owned by the Tupelo Airport Authority.
Tupelo, Mississippi, United States: Land area: 210 acres (0.85 km 2) No. of animals: 450: No. of species: 125: Owner: Dan and Shelia Franklin: Website: www.tupelobuffalopark.com
The Battle of Tupelo, also known as the Engagement at Harrisburg, was a battle of the American Civil War fought from July 14 to 15, 1864, near Tupelo, Mississippi. The Union victory over Confederate forces in northeast Mississippi ensured the safety of Sherman's supply lines during the Atlanta Campaign.
The Tupelo Micropolitan Statistical Area is a micropolitan area in northeastern Mississippi that covers three counties— Itawamba, Lee and Pontotoc. As of the 2000 census, the area had a population of 125,251. The population at the 2020 Census was 138,390.
Tupelo High School. / 34.232; -88.764. Tupelo High School is the only public high school in Tupelo, Mississippi. The campus consists of fourteen buildings, including a Performing Arts Center, separate buildings for social studies, English, math, sciences, fine arts, and a self-contained grade-9 building. The current student population of the ...