Ridgeland is a city in Madison County, Mississippi. The population was 24,047 at the 2010 census.
Population: 24,047
Latitude: 32° 25' 42.53" N
Longitude: -90° 07' 56.32" W
The Ross Barnett Reservoir (also known as "The Rez") is an impoundment of the Pearl River between Madison and Rankin Counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The 33,000-acre (130 km2) lake serves as the state's largest drinking water resource, and…
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Veterans Memorial Stadium is the home field of the Jackson State University Tigers. The stadium was originally known as War Veterans Memoria…
Flowood is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi. The population was 4,750 at the 2000 census.
The Mississippi Coliseum is a 6,500-seat multipurpose arena in Jackson, Mississippi, built in 1962 and located on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds complex. The arena has 6,812 seats available for basketball, and can be expanded to 10,000 for concer…
Mississippi Petrified Forest is a petrified forest located near Flora, Mississippi in the United States. It is privately owned and open for public visits. The forest is believed to have been formed 36 million years ago when fir and maple logs washed…
Lanier High School is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi (USA). The current principal of Lanier High School is Eric Johnson. There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the dis…
Flora is a town in Madison County, Mississippi. The population was 1,546 at the 2000 census.
Richland is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi. The population was 6,027 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Murrah High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
The Jackson Zoo is located in Jackson, Mississippi. The Jackson Zoo has attracted people from across the state and beyond for more than 90 years.
Bolton is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi. The population was 629 as of the 2000 census.
Trustmark Park is the home of the Mississippi Braves, Class AA affiliate of the Atlanta Braves and is located in Pearl, Mississippi, USA. The ballpark, which opened April 18, 2005, has capacity for 8,480 fans. There are 5,500 chair-back seats in the…
Madison Central High School is a public high school (grades 10-12) located on Highland Colony Parkway in Madison, Mississippi. Madison Central is part of the Madison County School District. Madison Central has a student body of 1377, and the current…
Metrocenter Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in South Jackson. The largest enclosed shopping mall in Mississippi, it is composed of 1,250,000 square feet of retail space on two levels, including four anchor spaces. Regional real estate developer Ji…
The 1979 Easter flood was among the most costly and devastating ever to occur in Mississippi, with $500-700 million in damages. This is equivalent to $1.62 billion in present day terms. It was the result of the Pearl River being overwhelmed by sever…
Pelahatchie is a town in Rankin County, Mississippi. The town's population was 1,461 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Jackson Preparatory School (Jackson Prep), is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school enrolling 820 students in grades six through twelve. Located in Flowood, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson, Prep sits on a 74-acre (299,467.38…
Jackson Academy is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson Academy was founded in 1959 on the basis of teaching children phonetic reading.