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This category is for subregions, bodies of water, and streams and rivers in the Upper Mississippi water resource region (2-digit HUC 07), as defined by the USGS The main article for this category is Upper Mississippi water resource region .
Wilkinson County is a county located in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of 2020, its population was 8,587. [1] Its county seat is Woodville. [2] Bordered by the Mississippi River on the west, the county is named for James Wilkinson, a Revolutionary War military leader and first governor of the Louisiana Territory after its acquisition by the United States in 1803.
Upper Mississippi–Maquoketa–Plum Subregion: The Mississippi River Basin below the Root River Basin west of the Mississippi River and the La Crosse River Basin east of the Mississippi River to Lock and Dam 13, excluding the Wisconsin River Basin. Located in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. 8,610 sq mi (22,300 km 2) HUC0706: 0707
William Grant Still, African-American classical composer and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee was born in Woodville on May 11, 1895. Matt Tolbert, professional baseball infielder; W. P. S. Ventress (1854–1911), Mississippi state legislator; George W. Wheeler, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1920–30)
Upper River was one of the five Divisions of the Gambia. Its capital was Basse Santa Su. It was subsequently reorganised as the Basse Local Government Area, without any change in the area covered. Per 2013 census, the region had a population of 239,916 with a population density of 116. The total number of households was 12,454 as of 2003.
The Mississippi River Commission was established in 1879 to facilitate improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of Passes near its mouth to its headwaters. The stated mission of the Commission was to develop and implement plans to correct, permanently locate, and deepen the channel of the Mississippi River, improve safety and ease of ...
Brenda Wren Burman is an American attorney and government official who served as commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation from 2017 to 2021. Prior to assuming that position, she served as director of water strategy at the Salt River Project.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Mississippi. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies , the state had 342 law enforcement agencies employing 7,707 sworn police officers, about 262 for each 100,000 residents. [ 1 ]