Tallula, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 32°46′46″N91°06′52″W / 32.77944°N 91.11444°W Coordinates: 32°46′46″N91°06′52″W / 32.77944°N 91.11444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Issaquena |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 678549 [1] |
Tallula is an unincorporated community in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States.
Tallula is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either (sources vary) "bell" or "to break off". [2]
Tallula was the county seat from 1848 to 1871. The seat was then moved to Mayersville, 10 mi (16 km) north. [3]
Charles C. Diggs, Sr., the first African-American Democrat elected to the Michigan Senate, was born in Tallula. [4]
The Choctaw are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are enrolled in three federally recognized tribes: the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and Jena Band of Choctaw Indians in Louisiana.
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Quitman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,176, making it the third-least populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Marks. The county is named after John A. Quitman, Governor of Mississippi from 1835 to 1836 and from 1850 to 1851.
Neshoba County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,087. Its county seat is Philadelphia. It was named after Nashoba, a Choctaw chief. His name means "wolf" in the Choctaw language.
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Issaquena County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 1,338, making it the least populous county in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Its county seat is Mayersville. With a per-capita income of $18,598, Issaquena County is, by that measure, one of the poorest counties in the United States.
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