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    Meridian is the eighth most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, with a population of 35,052 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lauderdale...
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    Meridian Station is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States, corresponding to the residential portions of Naval...
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    County, Mississippi. Whynot is approximately 16.3 miles (26.2 km) southeast of Meridian on Mississippi Highway 19 and is part of Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan...
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  • The Meridian campaign or Meridian expedition took place from February 3 – March 6, 1864, from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Meridian, Mississippi, by the...
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  • Colorado, U.S. Meridian, Florida, U.S. Meridian, Georgia, U.S. Meridian, Idaho, U.S. Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. Meridian, Nebraska, U.S. Meridian, New York...
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    E. F. Young Jr. (category People from Lauderdale County, Mississippi)
    Jr. (July 13, 1898 – May 4, 1950) was an American businessman in Meridian, Mississippi, who built a business related to services, such as barber shops...
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  • The numerous historic hotels in Meridian, Mississippi, provide insights into the city's growth and expansion, both in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
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    Sela Ward (category People from Meridian, Mississippi)
    (2014), and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). Ward was born in Meridian, Mississippi, to Annie Kate (née Boswell), a housewife, and Granberry Holland...
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    Charles Young Jr. (category People from Meridian, Mississippi)
    including the city of Meridian. He was a member of the Democratic party. He was the son of Charles L. Young Sr., who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives...
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    The history of Meridian, Mississippi begins in the early 19th century before European-American settlement. Originally settled by the Choctaw Indians,...
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    Al Key (category Mayors of Meridian, Mississippi)
    served as the mayor of Meridian, Mississippi from 1965 to 1973. Algene Earl Key was born on a farm in Kemper County, Mississippi on February 5, 1905. He...
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  • George Cummings (category Musicians from Meridian, Mississippi)
    Nashville, Tennessee. Cummings was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on July 28, 1938. He attended Meridian High School, before graduating from Livingston...
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  • Proctor Jr. (April 19, 1926 in Reform, Alabama – May 30, 1999 in Meridian, Mississippi) was an American FBI agent (1951–1978) and U.S. Navy signalman second...
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    miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southwest of Meridian, a city in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. The Meridian Airport Authority owns the airport...
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    Diane Ladd (category People from Meridian, Mississippi)
    Laurel, Mississippi on November 29, 1935, while the family was visiting relatives for Thanksgiving, though they lived in Meridian, Mississippi. Ladd is...
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    and member of the Democratic Party who has served as the mayor of Meridian, Mississippi since 2021. Previously, he served 20 years on the Lauderdale County...
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    of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,984. The county seat and largest city is Meridian. The county is named...
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  • Kelly Mitchell, Queen of the Gypsy Nation (category People from Meridian, Mississippi)
    state of Mississippi. Her grave continues to be visited by thousands of people each year, and is one of the most important landmarks in Meridian. Kelly...
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  • Charles L. Young Sr. (category People from Meridian, Mississippi)
    elected to the Mississippi State Legislature, and was repeatedly re-elected, serving nearly three decades from Meridian, Mississippi until his death...
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  • of town. After Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner failed to return to Meridian, Mississippi, on time, workers for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) placed...
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    Air Station Meridian or NAS Meridian (ICAO: KNMM, FAA LID: NMM) is a military airport located 11 miles northeast of Meridian, Mississippi in Lauderdale...
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    James Chaney (category People from Meridian, Mississippi)
    first nine grades, and was a member of St Joseph Catholic Church in Meridian, Mississippi. At the age of 15 as a high school student, he and some of his classmates...
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    districts in Meridian, Mississippi. Each of these districts is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. One district, Meridian Downtown Historic...
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  • Paul Davis (singer) (category Musicians from Meridian, Mississippi)
    vocalist on songs by Marie Osmond and Tanya Tucker. Davis was born in Meridian, Mississippi, US. His father was a preacher. Paul Davis was a member of a local...
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    had traveled roughly 38 miles (61 km) north from Meridian, to the community of Longdale, Mississippi, to talk with congregation members at a black church...
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    Station, also called the Meridian Multi-Modal Transportation Center, is an intermodal transportation center in Meridian, Mississippi. The station is located...
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    The Meridian race riot of 1871 was a race riot in Meridian, Mississippi in March 1871. It followed the arrest of freedmen accused of inciting riot in...
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  • Gus Mayer (Birmingham, Alabama and Nashville, Tennessee) Loeb's (Meridian, Mississippi) Stanley Korshak (Dallas) Montgomery Ward The Bon-Ton Lord & Taylor...
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    Steve Forbert (category Musicians from Meridian, Mississippi)
    studio album The Magic Tree on Blue Rose Music. Forbert was born in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. As a child, he fell in love with music, even playing...
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    Percy Bland (category Mayors of Meridian, Mississippi)
    who served as the mayor of Meridian, Mississippi from 2013 to 2021. Bland was the first African American Mayor of Meridian MS and is known for the transformation...
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