Barksdale, Mississippi | |
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  Barksdale, Mississippi  Barksdale, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 34°13′26″N90°23′41″W / 34.22389°N 90.39472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Quitman |
| Elevation | 171 ft (52 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 666522 [1] |
Barksdale is an unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi, located southwest of Marks.
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys was an American politician from Mississippi. He was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and served as Governor of Mississippi from 1865 to 1868, during Reconstruction.
James Love Barksdale is an American executive who served as the president and CEO of Netscape from January 1995 until the company merged with AOL in March 1999.
Barksdale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in northwest Louisiana. Much of the base is within the city limits of Bossier City, Louisiana, along the base's western and northwestern edge. Barksdale AFB occupies more than 22,000 acres (89 km2) east of Bossier City and along the southern edge of Interstate 20. More than 15,000 active-duty and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) members serve at Barksdale.
These are tables of congressional delegations from Mississippi to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
The Second Battle of Fredericksburg, also known as the Second Battle of Marye's Heights, took place on May 3, 1863, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as part of the Chancellorsville Campaign of the American Civil War.
William Barksdale was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, U.S. Representative, and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1853 to 1861.
Ode to Billy Joe is a 1976 American drama film, directed and produced by Max Baer Jr., with a screenplay by Herman Raucher, and starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor. It is inspired by the 1967 hit song by Bobbie Gentry, titled "Ode to Billie Joe."
Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Barksdale may refer to:
Ethelbert Barksdale was a slave owner, a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College (SMBHC) is the honors program at the University of Mississippi in the United States. It was founded in 1997 through an endowment from Jim and Sally Barksdale. The institute originally bore the name McDonnell-Barksdale Honors College but was renamed upon the death of Sally Barksdale in 2003.
Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale was a noted aviator and was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Service and Army Air Corps. The new Barksdale Field in Bossier City/Shreveport, Louisiana, was named for him on February 2, 1933.
William Dunbar Holder was a prominent Confederate politician and soldier.
David Barksdale, also known as King David, was an American gangster and activist from Chicago, Illinois. He was the founder of the Black Disciples. He and Larry Hoover decided to merge and create the Black Gangster Disciple Nation. Barksdale died on September 2, 1974, due to kidney failure, at the age of 27.
Robert Lance Barksdale is an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began umpiring in the major leagues in 2000 and joined the full-time major league staff in 2006.
The 1988 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 8, 1988. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Goshen Springs is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.
Mississippi Today is a nonprofit online newspaper based in Ridgeland, Mississippi
Friendship Cemetery is a cemetery located in Columbus, Mississippi. In 1849, the cemetery was established on 5 acres by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The original layout consisted of three interlocking circles, signifying the Odd Fellows emblem. By 1957, Friendship Cemetery had increased in size to 35 acres, and was acquired by the City of Columbus. 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. The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science hosts a public event every April at night in the cemetery. Students complete a research project on someone buried at the cemetery, before dressing up and doing a performance as the person they researched.
Buena Vista, also known as Monterey, is an unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.
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