unincorporated community
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Mississippi
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. Vance is located on
Mississippi Highway 3
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post office
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Vance is located on Cassidy's Bayou.
Vance once had a depot on the defunct
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
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. The community was incorporated in 1907.
Education
The Tallatachie County section is in the
West Tallahatchie School District
The West Tallahatchie School District (WTSD) is a public school district with its headquarters in the Charles M. George Facility for Educational Services in unincorporated area, unincorporated Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, Tallahatchie County ...
.
R. H. Bearden School
R. H. Bearden Elementary School is a public elementary school in unincorporated Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, near Sumner. It is a part of the West Tallahatchie School District.
In addition to Sumner, the district also serves the communitie ...
and
West Tallahatchie High School
West Tallahatchie High School (WTHS) is a public high school in unincorporated Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, near Webb. A part of the West Tallahatchie School District, its nickname is "West Tally".
In addition to Webb, the district also se ...
Coahoma Community College
Coahoma Community College (CCC) is a public historically black community college in Coahoma County, Mississippi. The college was founded in 1949 and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. It of ...
is the designated community college for Tallahatchie and Quitman counties.
Asian-American
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Although this term had historically been used for ...
woman to work for
NASA
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Sunnyland Slim
Albert Luandrew (September 5, 1906March 17, 1995), "Blues pianist and singer Sunnyland Slim was born Albert Luandrew in Vance, Mississippi, September 5, 1906 (most sources say 1907, but the Social Security Death Index and 1920 census data give t ...
,
Delta blues
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musician
References
Gallery
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Mississippi Blues Trail
The Mississippi Blues Trail was created by the Mississippi Blues Commission in 2006 to place interpretive markers at the most notable historical sites related to the birth, growth, and influence of the blues throughout (and in some cases beyond) t ...
marker for
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues that he develo ...