Grenada (/ɡrəˈneɪdə/) is a city in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1836, the population was 13,092 at the 2010 census. It is the...
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Grenada County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 21,629. Its county seat is Grenada. The...
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Grenada Lake is a reservoir on the Yalobusha River in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is one of four flood control lakes in North Mississippi constructed...
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The Grenada, Mississippi, tornado of May 7, 1846, killed 21 people, injured 60, and destroyed 60 or 70 buildings in the southern half of Grenada, Yalobusha...
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Grenada High School is a public high school located in Grenada, Mississippi, United States. It educates students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only...
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The Grenada School District is a public school district based in Grenada, Mississippi (US). The district's boundaries parallel that of Grenada County....
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Grenada (/ɡrəˈneɪdə/ grə-NAY-də; Grenadian Creole French: Gwenad, [ɡweˈnad]) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The...
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California, a town Grenada, Mississippi, a city Grenada County, Mississippi, a county Grenada, New Zealand, a suburb in Wellington Grenada North, a suburb...
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He died of a heart attack on November 2, 1966 at a hospital in Grenada, Mississippi. Several record labels recorded his songs. They've been covered by...
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Donna Tartt (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
born in Greenwood, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta, the elder of two daughters. She was raised in the nearby town of Grenada. Her father, Don Tartt...
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Emmanuel Forbes (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
January 13, 2001, in Grenada, Mississippi. He grew up playing football in youth leagues, often as a quarterback, before attending Grenada High School, where...
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Phillip Alford (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
Since retiring from acting, Alford now works as a businessman in Grenada, Mississippi and stays out of the limelight. He followed his father into the construction...
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Grenada College was a college for women, founded by Baptists, in Grenada, Mississippi in 1850. It opened as Yalobusha Female Institute in 1851 and was...
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William Aylmer Winter (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
a Democratic Mississippi state legislator from Grenada County in the early-to-mid 20th century. He was also the father of the Mississippi governor William...
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The Grenada Railroad (reporting mark GRYR) is a 228-mile long (290 km) shortline railroad that runs from Southaven, Mississippi to Canton, Mississippi, along...
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Freeman Ransom (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
He was born on his family's farm in Grenada, Mississippi as one of eleven children. After graduating from Grenada's black high school, Ransom graduated...
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Kirk Academy (category Education in Grenada County, Mississippi)
school in Grenada, Mississippi. It is part of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS). In 1966, when the public schools in Grenada County...
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Billups Neon Crossing Signal (category Buildings and structures in Grenada County, Mississippi)
dangerous Illinois Central crossing on Mississippi Highway 7 (now Mississippi Highway 332) in Grenada, Mississippi. The signal was installed in the mid-1930s...
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Tyre Phillips (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
at Mississippi State and was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2020 NFL draft. Playing at Grenada High School in Grenada, Mississippi...
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in west Grenada, Mississippi, in what was then Yalobusha County. The Forrests sold slaves in and around Grenada. As of the late 1920s a Grenada resident...
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State highways in Mississippi are maintained by the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The state numbers its highways in a grid-like pattern, much...
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Charles S. Sydnor reported that "Paul, the headwaiter of the hotel" in Grenada, Mississippi was accused of helping slaves escape north (most likely by the town's...
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Lafayette Joseph Lott (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
near Grenada, Mississippi. History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department...
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Magic Slim (category Blues musicians from Mississippi)
was an American blues singer and guitarist. Born at Torrance, near Grenada, Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers, he followed blues greats such as Muddy...
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Trent Lott (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
along with his longtime colleague John Breaux. Lott was born in Grenada, Mississippi, and lived his early years in nearby Duck Hill, where his father...
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NRHP-listed Odd Fellows and Confederate Cemetery, Grenada; NRHP-listed Providence Cemetery (Grenada, Mississippi); NRHP-listed Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi...
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Grenada Municipal Airport (ICAO: KGNF, FAA LID: GNF) is a public use airport in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States. It is owned by the City of...
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The Masonic Temple in Grenada, Mississippi is a Classical Revival building from 1925. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988...
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E. L. Boteler (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
farmer and politician. Born in Grenada, Mississippi, Boteler was a farmer at Riverdale Farms. Boteler served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from...
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Gail Ables Antonio "Tony" Wood 3 years for possession of a firearm Grenada, Mississippi 1, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 3.2 Caitlin Gainer Matt Frasier 2 years for possession...
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