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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 .
Belhaven Neighborhood or "The Greater Belhaven Area", often simply called "Belhaven", is a neighborhood located in Jackson, Mississippi. Belhaven Neighborhood is named after the home of Confederate veteran Jones S. Hamilton, [1] which became the namesake of Belhaven University. [2]
Places with more than 25,000 inhabitants. Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the State of Mississippi. It is one of the county seats of Hinds County ( Raymond being the other). As of the 2020 census, Jackson's population was 153,701.
Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum, $5, $4 children 3-18; 1550 Lakeland Drive, Jackson; (601) 432-4500 or www.msagmuseum.org
WJQS (1400 AM) is a sports talk radio station in Jackson, Mississippi, owned by Alpha Media through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. Along with five other sister stations, its studios are located in Ridgeland, a suburb of Jackson, while the transmitter tower is in Jackson just north of downtown.
Tracy Jackson Putnam (April 14, 1894 – March 29, 1975) among other things was a co-discoverer of Dilantin for controlling epilepsy. [1]
The Jackson Public School District ( JPSD) or Jackson Public Schools ( JPS) is a public school district serving the majority of Jackson, the state capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Mississippi. [2] Established in 1888, it is the second largest and only urban school district in the state. [3]
A restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi, earned major accolades from USA TODAY for its large, juicy burgers. But don't skip the wings. Here's our review.
The area now called Jackson was obtained by the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Doak's Stand in 1820, by which the white man stole the land owned by the Choctaw Native Americans. After the treaty was ratified, European-American terrorists began to invade the area, so many that they encroached on remaining Choctaw communal lands.
The Mississippi Coliseum is a 6,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Jackson, Mississippi, built in 1962 and located on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds complex. The arena has 6,812 seats available for basketball, and can be expanded to 10,000 for concerts.