Tougaloo, Mississippi

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Tougaloo, Mississippi
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Tougaloo, Mississippi
Coordinates: 32°23′52″N90°09′32″W / 32.39778°N 90.15889°W / 32.39778; -90.15889
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Hinds
Elevation
350 ft (107 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39174
Area code(s) 601, 769
GNIS feature ID678828 [1]

Tougaloo (TUG-a-lu) is an area in Jackson and in Hinds County, Mississippi. [2] Its ZIP Code, 39174, is assigned to the area encompassing Tougaloo College, which is in Madison County. [3]

Contents

The U.S. Postal Service operates the Tougaloo Post Office. [4]

Name

The name, Tougaloo, is believed to be derived from Choctaw, "atukla" meaning "second" or "tuklo" meaning "two" and perhaps originally "bok atukla" meaning "second creek". [5]

Education

The Tougaloo settlement in Hinds County is within the Jackson Public School District. [6]

The Tougaloo College campus includes housing for faculty, [7] and dependent children living with faculty would be zoned to the Madison County School District. [8] It is zoned to Ann Smith Elementary. [9] Residents are in turn zoned to Highland Elementary School, Olde Town Middle School, and Ridgeland High School. [10]

Notable people

Actress Aunjanue Ellis was raised in Tougaloo.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tougaloo". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Tougaloo". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved December 4, 2023. – The entry states it is in Hinds County.
    Compare with a 2010 U.S. Census map of Jackson: "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Jackson city, MS (page 3)" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  3. ↑ "Tougaloo College". USGS . Retrieved 2021-07-01. - The entry states it is in Madison County.
  4. ↑ "Tougaloo Post Office". USGS . Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  5. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (1 January 2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 122. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6 . Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hinds County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  7. ↑ "Proposed Parking Plan" (PDF). Tougaloo College. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  8. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Madison County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2021-06-30. - Compare with the location of Tougaloo College, which contains faculty housing.
  9. ↑ "Attendance Zones and School Locations" (PDF). Madison County School District . Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  10. ↑ "Ridgeland Zone". Madison County School District . Retrieved 2021-07-01.


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