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4 days ago · Mississippi (/ ˌ m ɪ s ə ˈ s ɪ p i / ⓘ MISS-ə-SIH-pee) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the southwest, and Arkansas to the northwest.
- Jackson
Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the...
- Flag of Mississippi
The flag of Mississippi consists of a white magnolia blossom...
- Coat of Arms of Mississippi
Etymology. Virtute et armis (Latin "By valor and arms") is a...
- House of Representatives
The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house...
- Southaven
Southaven is a city in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United...
- List of People From Mississippi
Physicians. Henry Cloud (born 1956), clinical psychologist...
- U.S. Senators
Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817,...
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2 days ago · Mississippi, constituent state of the U.S. Its name derives from a Native American word meaning ‘great waters’ or ‘father of waters,’ which it shares with the Mississippi River, the longest river in the country. Mississippi became the 20th state of the union in 1817. Its capital city is Jackson.
2 days ago · Jackson, city, capital of Mississippi, U.S. It lies along the Pearl River , in the west-central part of the state, about 180 miles (290 km) north of New Orleans . Jackson is also the coseat (with nearby Raymond) of Hinds county.
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1 day ago · Sun 19 05 2024. About Mississippi. Where in the United States is Mississippi? Location map of the State of Mississippi in the US. Mississippi, one of the 50 US states, is situated in the Southern United States, known as the 'Dixie' region. The state is named after the Mississippi River, which runs along its western boundary.
2 days ago · Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American teenager who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store. The brutality of his murder and the acquittal of his killers drew attention to the long history of ...
4 days ago · Inc. 1838. Pop. (2000) 6,579; (2010) 4,613. Pass Christian, city, Harrison county, southern Mississippi, U.S., just west-southwest of Gulfport, on Mississippi Sound (an embayment of the Gulf of Mexico). It is named for the nearby deepwater channel known as Christian’s Pass, which runs through the sound along the Gulf Coast, supposedly.
List of forest-inventory conifers west of the Mississippi. Silvics of North America (1991), [1] a forest inventory compiled and published by the United States Forest Service, includes many conifers in states from the Pacific to the Mississippi River. [a] It superseded Silvics of Forest Trees of the United States (1965), which was the first ...
