Ruleville, Mississippi, United States

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Ruleville, Mississippi, United States, is a small Delta town historically significant as the home of civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
areaLandSquareMiles 2.30
areaTotalSquareMiles 2.30
areaWaterSquareMiles 0.00
coordinates 33.726°N 90.554°W
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countrySubdivision Mississippi
elevationInFeet 125
elevationInMeters 38
governingBody Ruleville Board of Aldermen
hasAreaCode 662
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasDemographicCharacteristic majority African American population
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
cotton farming
hasEducationalInstitution Ruleville Central Elementary School
Ruleville Central High School
Ruleville Central Middle School
hasFIPSCode 28-64240
hasGNISFeatureID 0674080
hasHistoricalSignificance center of civil rights activity in the Mississippi Delta
home of civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer
hasLandmark Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden
Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden
surface form: Fannie Lou Hamer gravesite
hasNotableResident Fannie Lou Hamer
Jimmy Rogers
Willie Best
hasPostalCode 38771
hasSchoolDistrict Sunflower County Consolidated School District
hasSettlementType town
headOfGovernment Mayor of Ruleville
incorporatedIn 1907
locatedIn Sunflower County, Mississippi
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory State of Mississippi
locatedInPhysiographicRegion Yazoo River basin
surface form: Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
locatedInRegion Mississippi River Delta region
surface form: Mississippi Delta
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
locatedNear Cleveland, Mississippi
Drew, Mississippi
U.S. Route 49W NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent North America
namedAfter Robert Rule
partOf Mississippi River Delta region
surface form: Mississippi Delta region
partOfCongressionalDistrict Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
population 2583
populationCensusYear 2020
timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Daylight Time

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Fannie Lou Hamer residence Ruleville, Mississippi, United States
Sunflower County, Mississippi containsSettlement Ruleville, Mississippi, United States
this entity surface form: Ruleville, Mississippi