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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 ...
The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011.Part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak, the EF5 tornado began just west of Joplin and intensified very quickly, reaching a maximum width of nearly one mile (1.6 km) during its path through the southern part of the city.
620 (Kansas) 918 (Oklahoma) The Joplin, Missouri-Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of Jasper, Newton, and Cherokee counties in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas anchored by the city of Joplin. The estimated 2023 population of the Joplin, MO-KS (MSA) is 204,787.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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.