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  2. Joplin, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    joplinmo.org. Joplin is a city in Jasper and Newton counties in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bulk of the city is in Jasper County, while the southern portion is in Newton County. Joplin is the largest city located within both Jasper and Newton Counties – even though it is not the county seat of either county ...

  3. Category:People from Joplin, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    The people in this category were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Joplin, Missouri. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

  4. Langston Hughes - Wikipedia

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    James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 [ 1 ] – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that ...

  5. Scott Joplin - Wikipedia

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    Pulitzer Prize (posthumous, 1976) Signature. Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime ", [ 1 ] he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, [ 2 ] one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first and most popular pieces, the " Maple Leaf Rag ", became the genre's first ...

  6. Missouri Southern State University - Wikipedia

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    NCAA Division II – The MIAA. Mascot. Roary the Lion. Website. www.mssu.edu. Missouri Southern State University (Missouri Southern, MSSU, or MoSo) is a public university in Joplin, Missouri. It was established in 1937 as Joplin Junior College. The university enrolled 4,087 students in Fall 2023.

  7. Jasper County, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Jasper County is located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 122,761. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Carthage, [ 2 ] and its largest city is Joplin. The county was organized in 1841 and named for William Jasper, a hero of the American Revolutionary War.

  8. South Main Street Historic District (Joplin, Missouri)

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    October 12, 2010. South Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. The district encompasses eight contributing buildings in a commercial section of Joplin. It developed between about 1901 and 1960 and includes representative examples of Italianate and Colonial Revival style ...

  9. Joplin High School - Wikipedia

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    Team name. Eagles. Newspaper. SpyGlass. Website. jhs.joplinschools.org. Joplin High School is a public high school located in Joplin, Missouri, United States, founded in 1885. The school serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only traditional high school in the Joplin School District.