Tupelo (Mississippi)
| Tupelo | |
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| Nickname : All America City, T-Town | |
 Elvis Presley's birth house |
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| Location in Mississippi | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | July 20, 1870 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Mississippi |
| County : | Lee County |
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 16 ′ N , 88 ° 44 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
34,546 (as of 2010) 131,953 |
| Population density : | 260.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 133.2 km 2 (approx. 51 mi 2 ) of which 132.4 km 2 (approx. 51 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 85 m |
| Postcodes : | 38801-38804 |
| Area code : | +1 662 |
| FIPS : | 28-74840 |
| GNIS ID : | 0678931 |
| Website : | www.ci.tupelo.ms.us |
| Mayor : | Jason L. Shelton |
Tupelo [ ˈtuːpəloʊ ] is a city and seat of the county seat in Lee County in the US state of Mississippi with 34,546 inhabitants (2010). The city became world famous as the birthplace of Elvis Presley .
history
The urban area was formerly populated by Indians of the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes . By 1830 everyone had been driven from their homeland.
On May 26, 1736, the Battle of Ackia took place in the area, which was fought between the British and their allies, the Chickasaw, against the French and their allies, the Choctaw. The city was founded in 1870 and is named after the native Ogeche tupelo tree (Nyssa aquatica), a species from the Nyssaceae family .
In July 1864, the Battle of Tupelo took place, in which the Union forces under General Andrew Jackson Smith defeated the Confederates under the leadership of Nathan Bedford Forrest . After the war, a railway line brought prosperity and growth to Tupelo.
In 1936 a tornado hit the city. In 2015, a Walmart was bombed in Tupelo because the company stopped selling Confederate war flags .
20 structures and sites in Tupelo are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 1, 2018).
reception
Published in 1985 Nick Cave the single Tupelo as a tribute to his idol Elvis Presley. In 1960, John Lee Hooker wrote a song about the 1936 Tupelo flood; a remake of the title was released in 1995. Other pieces of music in which Tupelo appears are Porch Swing in Tupelo by Elton John and Back to Tupelo by Mark Knopfler , both from 2004. Van Morrison 's album Tupelo Honey was from 1971. In 2003 the progressive metal - Band SikTh released a song called Tupelo on their debut album, in which, among other things, the voice of Elvis Presley is imitated.
sons and daughters of the town
- Sam Gilliam (born 1933), artist
- Etta Zuber Falconer (1933–2002), mathematician and university professor
- Jumpin 'Gene Simmons (1933-2006), country, rockabilly and rock'n'roll musician
- Elvis Presley (1935–1977), singer
- Jimmy Wages (~ 1935–1999), rockabilly musician
- Alan Nunnelee (1958-2015), politician
- Arthur Jafa (* 1960), video artist
- Tamika Whitmore (* 1977), basketball player
- Tina Mabry (* 1978), director and producer
- Wesley Pentz (* 1978), music producer and DJ
- Tan White (* 1982), basketball player
- Catherine Lacey (born 1985), writer
- Jordan Prince (* 1990), singer-songwriter
- Allie Grant (* 1994), actress
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dale Cox: Tupelo, Mississippi - Historic Sites and Points of Interest . Exploresouthernhistory.com. January 8, 1935. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- ↑ Martis D. Ramage, Jr. Tupelo, Mississippi, Tornado of 1936
- ^ New York Daily News
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 1, 2018.