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Lowndes County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 58,879. [1] Its county seat is Columbus. [2] The county is named for U.S. Congressman William Jones Lowndes. [3] Lowndes County comprises the Columbus, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. [4]
Pages in category "Lowndes County, Mississippi" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... The Commercial Dispatch; The Columbus Packet; L. USS ...
The Commercial Dispatch is the daily newspaper of Columbus, Mississippi, United States. It was created from the merger of two older papers, the Commercial and the Dispatch, in the early 20th century. The first issue of the consolidated newspaper was published on March 12, 1922.
Columbus High School was formed by the merger of the city's two previous high schools, Stephen D. Lee High School and Caldwell High School; the schools were merged in 1992 and the campuses in 1997. Columbus is also home to the oldest public elementary school in Mississippi, Franklin Academy Elementary, founded in 1821. [citation needed]
The Sandfield Cemetery was started in the late 19th-century (the exact date is unknown) and is thought to be the oldest African-American cemetery in the city of Columbus. [1] Many 19th and early 20th century leaders in the local Black community are buried at this cemetery. [ 1 ]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1989. As of 2015, the cemetery contained some 22,000 graves within an area of 70 acres and was still in use. [5] The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science hosts a public event every April at night in the cemetery ...
The 396 page student register covering 1883 to 1903 is held by the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library. [7] For Franklin Academy's 200th anniversary, and Union Academy's 155th anniversary in 2020, historic exhibits on the schools and celebrations of their history were organized.
Pages in category "Columbus, Mississippi" ... The Commercial Dispatch; Columbus and Greenville Railway; ... Lowndes County Courthouse (Mississippi) M. Magnolia State 100;