| Lake Itawamba | |
|---|---|
  Lake Itawamba  Lake Itawamba | |
| Location | Itawamba County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34°19′36″N88°23′13″W / 34.3267380°N 88.3869212°W Coordinates: 34°19′36″N88°23′13″W / 34.3267380°N 88.3869212°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Etymology | Levi Colbert |
Lake Itawamba is a reservoir in the U.S. state of Mississippi. [1]
Lake Itawamba derives its name from the Indian name of Levi Colbert, a Chickasaw leader. [2]
Tishomingo County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,593. Its county seat is Iuka.
Lee is a county in Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,910. The county seat is Tupelo. Lee County is included in the Tupelo Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Itawamba County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 23,401. Its county seat is Fulton. The county is part of the Tupelo, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Scouting in Mississippi has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.
Fulton is a city in and the county seat of Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,961 at the 2010 census.
Mantachie is a town in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,144 in the 2010 census. It is located 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Tupelo at the intersection of Mississippi Highways 363 and 371 and 5 miles (8 km) north of Interstate 22.
The Tombigbee River is a tributary of the Mobile River, approximately 200 mi (325 km) long, in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Alabama. Together with the Alabama, it merges to form the short Mobile River before the latter empties into Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. The Tombigbee watershed encompasses much of the rural coastal plain of western Alabama and northeastern Mississippi, flowing generally southward. The river provides one of the principal routes of commercial navigation in the southern United States, as it is navigable along much of its length through locks and connected in its upper reaches to the Tennessee River via the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
Itawamba Community College, formerly known as Itawamba Junior College, is a community college in the northeast of the US state of Mississippi It has three campuses, in Fulton, Belden, and Tupelo, Mississippi.
Walls is a town located in northern DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States, near the Mississippi River, part of the larger region known as "The Delta", and known for its rich, dark soil. As it is in the upper northwest corner of Mississippi, it is in the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area. Its ZIP code is 38680. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,162, with an estimated population of 1,463 in 2018.
Mississippi Highway 23 is a state highway in Mississippi. The route starts at MS 25 in the town of Smithville. It travels northeastward through the forests of eastern Itawamba County. The highway intersects Interstate 22 (I-22) and U.S. Route 78 in Tremont. MS 23 ends at the Mississippi–Alabama state line, just west of Red Bay.
The Yocona Area Council of Boy Scouts of America serves 12 counties in northeast Mississippi including Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Prentiss, Pontotoc, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, and Yalobusha. The council headquarters is in Tupelo, Mississippi. The Yocona Area Council, supported by 1,100 volunteers, and 130 chartered partners, serves approximately 6,500 youth annually in one of five programs: Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Venturing, Learning for Life, and Exploring.
Yale is a ghost town in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States.
Dorsey is an unincorporated community located in Itawamba County, Mississippi. Dorsey is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Fulton and approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Mooreville near Mississippi Highway 178.
North Mississippi is a region in the northeast of the U.S. state of Mississippi, consisting of Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, and Union counties. These counties have a unique cultural and racial history that distinguishes them from other areas in the state of Mississippi. The counties have a combined population of 267,560 (2010). Tupelo is the largest city in the region, but other notable cities include Booneville, Corinth, New Albany, and Pontotoc.
Van Buren is a ghost town located in Itawamba County, Mississippi.
Ryan's Well is a ghost town located in Itawamba County, Mississippi.
Beans Ferry is an unincorporated community in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States. It is located on Mississippi Highway 25, 4.5 mi (7.2 km) south of Fulton. The Mississippian Railway passes through Beans Ferry.
The 1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Randy Phillip Boyd is a Republican politician who has served since 2012 as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 19th District in Mantachie in northeastern Mississippi.
Bounds Crossroads is a small unincorporated community in Itawamba County, Mississippi between Tremont, Mississippi and Red Bay, Alabama on Mississippi Highway 23. Part of Tomorrow was filmed in the community at a farm where Tammy Wynette lived with her grandparents. She grew up in the area and attended Tremont Attendance Center in Tremont where she played basketball, sang, and was named Mrs. THS. Mississippi Highway 23 intersects Mt. Gilead Road and Hartsell Road in Bounds Crossroads. The area's zip code is 35582. It is 427 feet above sea level. Briar Creek runs through the hilly area of eastern Itawamba County. A small graveyard is in the area. The nearby Red Bay Museum in Red Bay, Alabama has a collection related to Wynette.
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