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of 2000, there were 5,502 people, 1,943 households, and 1,414 families living in the city. The population density was 2,670.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,031.0/km). There were 2,095 housing units at an average density of 1,016.7 per square mile (392.6/km). The racial makeup of the city was 32.01%
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Feltus’ friend, Ruben
Armstrong and fiancé of young traveling railroad auditor C. E. Armstrong. It would seem that both accounts state that both men asked Captain Feltus to name the town in her honor. The first store built in the town of Leland was the Greenley's Mens Store, owned by J. C. Greenley.
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Captain James A. V. Feltus built his home at the “Three Oaks” and deeded a 100-foot right-of-way on the land to the
Memphis and Vicksburg Railroad Company; however, no railway was built until 1885, when the right of way was given to the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad Company. Leland was
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The territory that the town was built on was first settled on in 1834 by Samuel and Susan Jones, Mary Neely, and
Malinda Breeland. A few years later, they deeded the land to the families of Connerly and Buckner. They made their home on the bank of Deer Creek on the Three Oaks Plantation. Soon other
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living together, 27.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.35.
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Captain Feltus dedicated the original town of Leland by signing deeds that created streets from First to Eighth
Streets, which included Main and Broad Streets as the east and west boundaries of the town. Accounts state that Captain Feltus named the town after Miss Leland McCutcheon, the mother of
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one of two cities considered for a terminus of several railroad lines, most notably, the
Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway. Captain John C. Calhoun, an enterprising and liberal owner of the Leland Plantation, pushed efforts to make Leland a primary candidate for the terminus.
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The Witte Clinic and hospital served the Leland area from 1946 to 1949. It was then leased out to the city and named The Leland City
Hospital in 1949 for a year. While no longer a hospital system since the 1980s, this facility is now named the Leland Medical Clinic.
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spent part of his childhood in Leland. Winter's grandfather and father, a former mayor of Leland, operated J.D. Winter & Sons, a cotton business. One of the Blues Trail markers in Leland is dedicated to Winter.
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the land for release mortgages which passed to the hands of the Bank of
Kentucky. After seven years, Mississippi native Captain James Alexander Ventress Feltus (1840–1908) bought the 900 acres of land for $ 12,000.
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Buckner and Connerly families moved away and sold their land to Judge James Ruckus and William Yerger. The new owners maintained the land until the American Civil War. In 1869, their heirs
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line. In the scene, the three escaping convicts try to jump aboard a freight train only to fail and catch a handcar driven by a blind old man who makes wild predictions about their future.
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The median income for a household in the city was $ 25,678, and the median income for a family was $ 28,926. Males had a median income of $ 26,184 versus $ 20,693 for females. The
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graduated at Leland High School in 1990; He was a former Major League Pitcher who has since retired.
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The Thompson House in Winter; A historic Bed and Breakfast located in Leland, Mississippi.
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Leland, Mississippi: The Village That Raised Me (2021) by Velma P. Allen
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2872:Leland, Mississippi: From Hellhole to Beauty Spot
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1989:(2000), was filmed in Leland on the
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2817:"HawkinsRails - CAGY Western Towns"
2797:. Arts.state.ms.us. January 4, 1926
1974:, socialite and convicted murderer.
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2947:Municipalities and communities of
2547:"Census of Population and Housing"
2264:"Mississippi Outdoor Hall of Fame"
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2402:. January 30, 1886. p. 1
2013:. United States Census Bureau
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91:Location in the United States
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1910:Mississippi State University
534:Creedence Clearwater Revival
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2854:A Place Called Mississippi
2428:. March 2, 1886. p. 1
2290:A Place Called Mississippi
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1986:O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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2481:The Vicksburg Herald
2189:"James "Son" Thomas"
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292:Ward 2: Tammy Nealon
2907:Chamber of Commerce
2677:The Leland Progress
2113:visitgreenville.org
2037:The Starkville News
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2878:75 Years in Leland
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2452:The Clarion-Ledger
2160:The New York Times
1979:In popular culture
1950:, baseball player.
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1839:Leland High School
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2707:October 31,
2607:November 8,
2582:December 6,
2531:October 31,
2509:October 31,
2487:October 31,
2458:October 31,
2432:October 31,
2406:October 31,
2380:October 31,
2354:October 31,
2328:October 31,
2270:November 3,
2248:October 31,
2220:November 3,
2198:February 1,
2173:February 1,
2139:October 15,
2118:November 1,
2043:October 25,
1966:Eddie Cusic
1960:Matt Miller
1924:The Muppets
1869:Health Care
1741:other races
1714:2000 census
1636:Other/Mixed
1562:2020 census
1212:(≥ 0.01 in)
593:Confederacy
206:Mississippi
159: /
3233:Categories
3186:New Mexico
3148:Swiftwater
3123:McCutcheon
3063:Stoneville
3058:Glen Allan
2995:Hollandale
2990:Greenville
2972:Greenville
2801:August 13,
1997:References
1948:Bob Taylor
1920:Jim Henson
1718:As of the
1666:As of the
1259:(≥ 0.1 in)
553:Greenville
549:Jim Henson
522:Highway 61
495:Stoneville
476:Deer Creek
438:feature ID
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252:Government
244:Founded by
218:Washington
147:90°53′50″W
144:33°24′18″N
18:Leland, MS
3196:Princeton
3053:Elizabeth
2168:0362-4331
1829:Education
1727:, 67.01%
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414:Area code
368:Time zone
338:Elevation
3158:Tribbett
3108:Dunleith
3035:Metcalfe
2288:(2013).
2092:Archived
2017:July 24,
1912:and the
1745:Hispanic
1735:, 0.13%
1731:, 0.16%
1704:Hispanic
1686:, 24.8%
1674:2013 ACS
1649:Hispanic
1304:Source:
1135:(1,424)
1066:Average
489:and the
430:28-40280
402:ZIP code
3163:Wayside
3153:Tralake
3133:Napanee
3103:Darlove
3098:Chatham
3093:Burdett
2557:June 4,
1694:, 0.6%
1690:, 0.1%
1604:61.39%
1591:34.72%
1150:(0.51)
1145:(0.51)
991:(12.2)
976:(11.8)
971:(18.1)
966:(21.6)
961:(22.6)
956:(21.3)
951:(17.4)
946:(12.1)
921:(17.9)
911:(12.3)
906:(18.6)
901:(24.7)
896:(27.6)
891:(28.0)
886:(26.7)
881:(23.1)
876:(18.1)
871:(13.0)
851:(23.7)
846:(13.0)
841:(18.4)
836:(25.4)
831:(31.2)
826:(33.6)
821:(33.4)
816:(32.1)
811:(28.7)
806:(24.1)
801:(18.8)
796:(14.1)
791:(11.4)
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581:Choctaw
570:History
446:Website
441:0672400
284:Members
277:Council
225:Settled
173:Country
3143:Refuge
3128:Murphy
3030:Arcola
3000:Leland
2982:Cities
2673:"Home"
2296:
2166:
2083:USDA.
1749:Latino
1720:census
1708:Latino
1653:Latino
1643:2.43%
1630:0.43%
1617:0.03%
1601:2,448
1588:1,384
1578:Perc.
1550:−11.0%
1535:−18.6%
1520:−13.6%
1385:103.0%
1325:Census
1252:111.7
1205:(1.0)
1200:(0.0)
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1185:(0.0)
1180:(0.0)
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1095:(123)
1090:(154)
1085:(137)
1080:(142)
1075:(141)
1061:(−21)
1056:(−17)
1011:(−11)
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1001:(−21)
986:(2.8)
981:(6.3)
941:(7.2)
936:(3.1)
931:(1.3)
916:(7.9)
866:(8.6)
861:(6.3)
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561:Muppet
464:Leland
213:County
203:
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3138:Percy
3118:Foote
3113:Erwin
3078:Other
3022:Towns
2095:(PDF)
2088:(PDF)
1845:Media
1737:Asian
1725:White
1696:Asian
1688:White
1660:0.9%
1623:Asian
1584:White
1575:Num.
1572:Race
1545:3,988
1530:4,481
1515:5,502
1505:−4.5%
1500:6,366
1490:11.1%
1485:6,667
1475:−4.7%
1470:6,000
1460:32.9%
1455:6,295
1445:28.0%
1440:4,736
1430:52.5%
1425:3,700
1415:21.1%
1410:2,426
1400:29.5%
1395:2,003
1380:1,547
1370:57.1%
1249:11.3
1228:10.1
1222:11.0
1219:10.2
1216:11.5
1133:56.07
1115:(89)
1110:(79)
1051:(−9)
1046:(−4)
1036:(11)
1031:(12)
1016:(−2)
781:(43)
776:(28)
771:(32)
766:(36)
761:(40)
756:(41)
751:(43)
746:(41)
741:(38)
736:(34)
731:(32)
726:(28)
721:(28)
711:Year
407:38756
396:(CDT)
394:UTC-5
373:UTC-6
354:3,988
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3045:CDPs
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2803:2015
2781:2015
2759:2021
2734:2021
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2250:2021
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2200:2019
2175:2019
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1361:1900
1346:1890
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1272:0.0
1269:0.0
1266:0.1
1263:0.2
1246:8.6
1243:7.2
1240:7.2
1237:7.6
1234:9.3
1231:7.9
1225:9.8
1128:5.25
1123:4.49
1118:4.18
1113:3.51
1108:3.12
1103:4.01
1098:4.07
1093:4.84
1088:6.05
1083:5.41
1078:5.59
1073:5.55
1041:(2)
1026:(8)
1021:(4)
989:53.9
984:37.1
979:43.3
974:53.3
969:64.6
964:70.9
959:72.7
954:70.4
949:63.4
944:53.8
939:44.9
934:37.6
929:34.3
919:64.2
914:46.2
909:54.2
904:65.5
899:76.4
894:81.7
889:82.4
884:80.1
879:73.5
874:64.6
869:55.4
864:47.4
859:43.4
849:74.6
844:55.4
839:65.1
834:77.7
829:88.2
824:92.5
819:92.1
814:89.8
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799:65.9
794:57.3
789:52.6
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