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  2. Holly Springs, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Holly Springs is a city in, and the county seat of, Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, near the border with Tennessee to the north. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,968, [2] down from 7,699 in 2010. [3] Along with the Mississippi Delta, in the 19th century, the area was developed by European Americans for cotton plantations.

  3. Cape Girardeau County, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Cape Girardeau County was organized on October 1, 1812, as one of five original counties in the Missouri Territory after the US made the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. It is named after Ensign Sieur Jean Baptiste de Girardot (also spelled Girardeau or Girardat), a French officer stationed 1704–1720 at Kaskaskia in the Illinois Country of New France.

  4. Holly Springs Raid - Wikipedia

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    The Holly Springs Raid (December 20, 1862) saw Earl Van Dorn lead Confederate cavalry against a Union supply depot at Holly Springs, Mississippi during the American Civil War. The mounted raiders achieved complete surprise, capturing the Federal garrison and destroying $1.5 million of supplies intended for Ulysses S. Grant 's army.

  5. Holly Springs, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    FIPS code. 37-32260 [4] GNIS feature ID. 2405854 [3] Website. hollyspringsnc.us. Holly Springs is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 41,239, a 67% increase from 2010.

  6. Holly Springs National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Holly Springs Ranger District controls 155,661 acres (243.2 sq mi) of Forest Service land, interspersed with 530,000 acres (828.1 sq mi) of privately owned properties, within the national forest's proclamation zone. Before the HSNF was established, much of the land was abandoned agricultural land with rapidly eroding soils.

  7. Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    In 2000, 96.4% of Mississippi residents five years old and older spoke only English in the home, a decrease from 97.2% in 1990. [112] English is largely Southern American English, with some South Midland speech in northern and eastern Mississippi. There is a common absence of final /r/, particularly in the elderly natives and African Americans ...

  8. Chalmers Institute - Wikipedia

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    NRHP reference No. 82003107 [1] Added to NRHP. June 28, 1982. The Chalmers Institute is a historic building in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. Built in 1837, it was home to the University of Holly Springs, the oldest university in Mississippi, from 1838 to 1839. It was home to a short-lived Methodist medical and law school from 1839 to 1843.

  9. Southwest Holly Springs Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Southwest Holly Springs Historic District. /  34.76417°N 89.45111°W  / 34.76417; -89.45111. The Southwest Holly Springs Historic District in Holly Springs, Mississippi is a 50-acre (20 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Of the 80 buildings in the district, 53 are considered as ...