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Parma, Missouri
Parma is a city in New Madrid County, Missouri, New Madrid County, Missouri, United States. The population was 713 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History Parma was first incorporated as a village in 1900. At the turn of the 20th century, Parma contained two saw mills. In 1903, Parma, along with the neighboring community of Lotta, was incorporated as a village, retaining the name "Parma." It became a fourth class city in 1905. On April 14, 2015, Tyus Byrd was sworn in as the first African-American woman mayor of Parma. Byrd succeeded Randall Ramsey, who had been mayor of Parma for a total of 37 years. Shortly before Byrd was to be sworn in, four of the city's six police officers resigned, along with the city's clerk and the supervisor of water treatment. On November 23, 2020, Tyus Byrd was arrested in Jonesboro, Arkansas on stealing $25,000 or more and forgery charges. On May 4, 2021, Tyus Byrd was charged with two counts of forgery and two counts of receiving st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
