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On 22 December 2004, Jackson City Council members voted 6–0 to rename Jackson International Airport in honor of slain civil rights leader and NAACP field secretary for Mississippi, Medgar Evers. This decision took effect on 22 January 2005. The Jackson area was formerly served by Hawkins Field, located in northwest Jackson with IATA code HKS ...
Jackson, Mississippi (13 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Cities in Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Chickasaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,106. [1] Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. [2] The county is named for the Chickasaw people, who lived in this area for hundreds of years.
Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Along with Raymond, Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds County.The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, a significant decline from 173,514, or 11.42%, since the 2010 census, representing the largest decline in population during the decade of any major U.S. city. [4]
The largest municipality by land area is Jackson, which spans 111.05 sq mi (287.6 km 2), while Sidon is the smallest, at 0.12 sq mi (0.31 km 2). [1] The city of Natchez is the oldest municipality in Mississippi, incorporated on March 10, 1803, and the city of Gluckstadt is the state's newest municipality, incorporated in June 2021. [3] [4]
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
The city of Houston is served by the Chickasaw County School District. Houston High School is the community's high school. The Houston School District and the old Chickasaw County district merged into a new district on July 1, 2021. [12] The Houston Public Schools system is home to 11-time National Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge Championships.
Richland is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,137 at the 2020 census. The population was 7,137 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Jackson , Richland is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area , and is located southeast of the state capital.