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Springville, Mississippi
Springville is an unincorporated community in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Springville is located on Mississippi Highway 9 approximately west of Pontotoc and approximately northeast of Bruce The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been .... It is part of the Tupelo Micropolitan Statistical Area. The community was first settled in 1867. A post office operated under the name Springville from 1908 to 1956. References Unincorporated communities in Pontotoc County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{PontotocCountyMS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as the military). There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada, but many countries do not use the concept of an unincorporated area. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions 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. Mississippi's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River, or its historical course. Mississippi is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 32nd largest by area and List of U.S. states by population, 35th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states and has the lowest per-capita income. Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson is both the state's List of capitals in the United States, capital and largest city. Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi, Greater Jackson is the state's most populous Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area, with a population of 591,978 2020 United States census, in 2020. Other major cities include Gulfport, Mississippi, Gulfport, Southaven, Mississippi, South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Counties In Mississippi
The U.S. state of Mississippi has 82 counties. The first two counties, Adams County and Pickering County (renamed Jefferson County later), were established in 1799 in the Mississippi Territory. 14 counties, all in the southwest, were created before the Mississippi Territory became a state in 1817. The last county created was Humphreys County in 1918. The Mississippi Constitution governs the creation of new counties, which requires an election of qualified electors to approve of the creation of a new county. Elections are limited to once every four years. Any new county must be at least , with no existing county reduced below that size. The county governing body, known as the Board of Supervisors, is located under the judicial branch of state government as established in the 1817 Mississippi Constitution. The 1868 Constitution mandated five-member Board of Supervisors, an evolution of the five-member board of police created in the 1832 Constitution. Supervisors are ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Pontotoc County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,184. Its county seat is Pontotoc. It was created on February 9, 1836, from lands ceded to the United States under the Chickasaw Cession. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word meaning "land of hanging grapes". The original Natchez Trace and the current-day Natchez Trace Parkway both pass through the southeast corner of Pontotoc County. Pontotoc County is part of the Tupelo, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.7%) is water. Major highways * Interstate 22 * U.S. Route 78 * U.S. Route 278 * Mississippi Highway 6 * Mississippi Highway 9 * Mississippi Highway 15 * Mississippi Highway 41 * Natchez Trace Parkway Adjacent counties * Union County (north) * Lee County (east) * Chickasaw County (south) * Calhoun County (southwest) * Lafayette County (west) N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ..., Mexico, Central America, and a few Caribbean Islands, Caribbean islands. In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and several border municipalities in Mexico), the Central Time Zone is affected by two time designations yearly: Central Standard Time (CST) is observed from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March. It is UTC−06:00, six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and designated internationally as UTC−6. From the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November the same areas observe daylight saving time (DST), creating the designation of Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 662
Area code 662 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northern half of the U.S. state of Mississippi, including the six counties (Benton County, Mississippi, Benton, Coahoma County, Mississippi, Coahoma, Desoto County, Mississippi, Desoto, Marshall County, Mississippi, Marshall, Tate County, Tate and Tunica County, Mississippi, Tunica) that are part of the Memphis metropolitan area, Memphis metro area. It also includes the cities that are home to the state's two largest universities, Oxford, Mississippi, Oxford (University of Mississippi or "Ole Miss") and Starkville, Mississippi, Starkville (Mississippi State University). History Area code 662 was created in 1999 in a split of area code 601, Mississippi's original area code created in 1947 as one of the original North American area codes. It was created due to growth on the Mississippi side of the Memphis area. Prior to October 2021, area code 662 had telephone numbers assigned for the centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features, encompassing the United States and its territories; the Compact of Free Association, associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica. It is a type of gazetteer. It was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. Data were collected in two phases. Although a third phase was considered, which would have handled name changes where local usages differed from maps, it was never begun. The database is part of a system that includes topographic map names and bibliographic references. The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are also recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi Highway 9
Mississippi Highway 9 (MS 9) in the Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian Foothills (aka North Central Hills) region of northeastern Mississippi, running north–south from Mississippi Highway 30, MS 30 east of New Albany, Mississippi, New Albany to Mississippi Highway 12, MS 12 in Ackerman, Mississippi, Ackerman. It runs approximately , serving Choctaw County, Mississippi, Choctaw, Webster County, Mississippi, Webster, Calhoun County, Mississippi, Calhoun, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, Pontotoc, and Union County, Mississippi, Union counties. Mississippi Highway 9W, MS 9W veers off to the left in a curve just about 2 miles north of Bruce. It goes north north-west until it merges with Mississippi Highway 7, MS 7 just south of Oxford, Mississippi, Oxford. Route description MS 9 begins in Choctaw County, Mississippi, Choctaw County in Ackerman, Mississippi, Ackerman at an intersection with Mississippi Highway 12, MS 12 just north of downtown. It heads north as a two-lane highwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontotoc, Mississippi
Pontotoc is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Mississippi, located to the west of the larger city of Tupelo. The population was 5,640 at the 2020 census. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word that means, “Land of the Hanging Grapes.” A section of the city largely along Main Street and Liberty Street has been designated the Pontotoc Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Treaty of Pontotoc Site is also listed on the National Register. The Treaty of Pontotoc Creek, part of U.S. president Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy, ceded millions of acres of Native American lands and relocated the Chicakasaw west of the Mississippi River. History The Chickasaw nation occupied this area long before Europeans colonized the Southeast, the last in a succession of indigenous peoples who had this territory for thousands of years. In the early 1830s they were forced to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River through the federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce, Mississippi
Bruce is a town situated along the Skuna River in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,707. Currently, Jimmy Hubbard is the mayor. History The town was named for E. L. Bruce, founder of the E. L. Bruce Company, a sawmill operation. The sawmill industry is still vital in the town, with Weyerhaeuser operating a mill. Bruce is also home to other timber-related businesses. Geography Bruce is located in north-central Calhoun County. Mississippi Highway 9 runs through the center of town, leading south to Pittsboro, the county seat, south to Calhoun City, and northeast to Pontotoc. Mississippi Highway 32 crosses Highway 9 in the center of Bruce and leads east to New Houlka and northwest to Water Valley. According to the United States Census Bureau, Bruce has a total area of , all land. The Skuna River, a tributary of the Yalobusha River and then the Yazoo River, passes south of the town. Demographics 2020 census A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tupelo Micropolitan Area
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. Counties * Itawamba *Lee * Pontotoc Communities Cities * Baldwyn (partial) * Fulton * Pontotoc *Saltillo *Tupelo (Principal City) *Verona Towns * Algoma *Ecru * Guntown * Mantachie * Nettleton (partial) * Plantersville * Shannon *Sherman (partial) * Thaxton * Toccopola * Tremont Unincorporated places * Dorsey * Eggville *Fairview * Mooreville * Randolph * Springville *Troy Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 125,251 people, 48,070 households, and 34,881 families residing within the μSA. The racial makeup of the μSA was 79.37% White, 18.98% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.47% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
