Sunflower County, Mississippi

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Sunflower County, Mississippi is a rural county in the Mississippi Delta region known for its agricultural economy and deep ties to blues music history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
containsInstitution Parchman, Mississippi
surface form: Mississippi State Penitentiary
containsSettlement Drew, Mississippi
Indianola, Mississippi, United States
surface form: Indianola, Mississippi

Inverness, Mississippi
Moorhead, Mississippi
Parchman, Mississippi
Ruleville, Mississippi, United States
surface form: Ruleville, Mississippi

Sunflower, Mississippi
country United States of America
governingBody Sunflower County Board of Supervisors
hasAreaCharacteristic flat alluvial plain
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasCountySeat Indianola, Mississippi, United States
surface form: Indianola, Mississippi
hasCulturalHeritage African American blues culture
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly African American population
hasEconomicCharacteristic rural economy
hasEconomyType agricultural economy
hasHistoricalAssociation Delta blues
civil rights movement
hasLargestCity Indianola, Mississippi, United States
surface form: Indianola, Mississippi
hasNotablePerson B. B. King
surface form: B.B. King

Fannie Lou Hamer
Muddy Waters
hasPrimaryIndustry catfish farming
cotton farming
soybean farming
hasRuralCharacter true
hasSoilType fertile alluvial soil
hasTransportationRoute Mississippi Highway 3
Mississippi Highway 8
U.S. Route 49W NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 82 NERFINISHED
knownFor agriculture
blues music history
locatedIn Southern United States
surface form: American South

Mississippi
North Mississippi Delta
surface form: Mississippi Delta

United States South
locatedInRegion North Mississippi Delta
surface form: Mississippi Delta region
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
namedAfter sunflower
partOf Bureau of the Census
surface form: United States Census Bureau
subdivisionOf State of Mississippi
subdivisionType county

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Indianola, Mississippi, United States locatedIn Sunflower County, Mississippi
subject surface form: Indianola, Mississippi
Indianola, Mississippi, United States countySeatOf Sunflower County, Mississippi
subject surface form: Indianola, Mississippi
C. L. Franklin placeOfBirth Sunflower County, Mississippi
this entity surface form: Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
Ruleville, Mississippi, United States locatedIn Sunflower County, Mississippi
subject surface form: Ruleville, Mississippi
Freedom Farm Cooperative locatedIn Sunflower County, Mississippi
Second Street, Indianola locatedIn Sunflower County, Mississippi
Indianola Academy locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sunflower County, Mississippi
Carolyn Bryant associatedWithPlace Sunflower County, Mississippi
Clarence LaVaughn Franklin placeOfBirth Sunflower County, Mississippi
this entity surface form: Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
The Man with the Million-Dollar Voice birthPlace Sunflower County, Mississippi
subject surface form: C. L. Franklin
this entity surface form: Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States