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Old Main at Marshall University. McMurran Hall at Shepherd University. Woodburn Hall at West Virginia University. There are forty-four colleges and universities in the U.S. state of West Virginia that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. These institutions include two research universities, five ...
Community college: Mississippi State University: Starkville: Public: 1878 Research university: Mississippi University for Women: Columbus: Public: 1884 Master's university: Mississippi Valley State University: Itta Bena: Public: 1950 Master's university: Northeast Mississippi Community College: Booneville: Public: 1948 Community college ...
Campbell–Hagerman College, Lexington (founded in 1903; closed in 1912) Cedar Bluff College, Woodburn (closed in 1892) Clinton College, Clinton (co-ed in 1876; closed in 1915) Elizabethtown Female Academy, Elizabethtown, incorporated in 1848, [5] grew out of the boys-only Hardin Academy, established in 1806.
The county is named in honor of David Holmes, territorial governor and the first governor of the state of Mississippi and later United States Senator for Mississippi. Holmes County native, Edmond Favor Noel , was an attorney and state politician, elected as governor of Mississippi, serving from 1908 to 1912.
v. t. e. This list of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) includes institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the Black American community. [1] [2] Alabama leads the nation with the number of HBCUs, followed by North Carolina, then Georgia.
Pages in category "Universities and colleges in the Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
1831 – Nat Turner's Rebellion, August 21–23, Southampton County, Virginia; 1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot, New York City; 1834 – Philadelphia race riot, August 12– 14; 1834 – Attack on Canterbury Female Boarding School, Canterbury, Connecticut, one of the first schools for African American girls; 1835 – Baltimore bank riot, August ...
Cities[edit] Largest municipalities in West Virginia by population. Charleston, the capital of West Virginia and its most populous city. Huntington. Parkersburg. Morgantown. Wheeling. Martinsburg. Fairmont.