Mound Bayou, Mississippi, USA

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mound_Bayou,_Mississippi,_USA
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:areaCode 662
gptkbp:areaTotalKm2 3.3
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:county gptkb:Bolivar_County
gptkbp:elevationM 45
gptkbp:FIPS_code 28-49200
gptkbp:founded 1887
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Benjamin_T._Green
gptkb:Isaiah_Montgomery
gptkbp:GNIS_feature_ID 0674532
gptkbp:governmentType Mayor-council
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the oldest all-Black municipalities in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mound Bayou, Mississippi, USA
gptkbp:mayor Leighton Aldridge (as of 2023)
gptkbp:namedFor Indian mound
gptkbp:notableEvent site of Taborian Hospital
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Mound_Bayou_Bank
gptkb:Mound_Bayou_Normal_and_Industrial_Institute
gptkb:Mound_Bayou_Oil_Mill
gptkb:Taborian_Hospital
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Charles_Banks
gptkb:Isaiah_Montgomery
gptkb:T._R._M._Howard
gptkbp:population 1,533 (2020 census)
gptkbp:region gptkb:Mississippi_Delta
gptkbp:state gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:timezone Central (CST)
gptkbp:zipCode 38762
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5