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Quito is an unincorporated community located in Leflore County, Mississippi. Quito is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Morgan City and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Itta Bena along Mississippi Highway 7. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area. Quito is located on the former Columbus and Greenville Railroad. A post office ...
Metropolitan Statistical Area July 1, 2009 Estimate 2000 Census Growth Rate (2000–2009) Jackson MSA: 540,866 497,197 8.78% Gulfport-Biloxi MSA 1: 238,772
Baptist Town is a historical African-American neighborhood located in Greenwood, Mississippi located east of the downtown area. [1] A Mississippi Blues Trail marker was erected in the neighborhood in 2009 noting its contribution to the blues. Scenes from The Help (2011) were filmed in Baptist Town. [2]
Money is located on a railroad line along the Tallahatchie River, a tributary of the Yazoo River in the eastern part of the Mississippi Delta. The community has ZIP code 38945 in the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area. Money is the site of events leading to the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
Rising Sun is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Greenwood and 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Sidon on U.S. Route 49E. Some citizens refer to the area north of Rising Sun near the Hwy 82 and Hwy 49E intersection in Greenwood as being Rising Sun but the area is known as Craigside. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.
The city served as a shipping point for cotton to major markets in New Orleans, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Louis, Missouri. [7] The construction of railroads through the area in the 1880s revitalized the city; [5]: 8 two rail lines ran to downtown Greenwood close to the Yazoo River, and shortened transportation to ...
Wildwood is an unincorporated community located in Leflore County, Mississippi. Wildwood is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Money on County Road 626 (Wildwood Road). It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.