Indianola, Mississippi, United States

E27134
city county seat

Indianola, Mississippi, United States, is a small Delta town known for its deep ties to blues music history and as the final resting place of legendary guitarist B.B. King.

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Indianola, Mississippi 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 662 ⓘ
associatedWithGenre Blues ⓘ
surface form: Delta blues
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeatOf Sunflower County, Mississippi ⓘ
demographics majority African American population ⓘ
elevation approximately 131 feet ⓘ
approximately 40 meters ⓘ
finalRestingPlaceOf B. B. King ⓘ
surface form: B.B. King
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasCemetery final resting place of B.B. King ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center ⓘ
historic blues venues ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Indianola Academy ⓘ
public schools of Sunflower County Consolidated School District ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance center of Delta cotton economy ⓘ
important site in development of blues music ⓘ
hasIndustry agriculture ⓘ
catfish farming ⓘ
hasMuseum B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center ⓘ
hasNotablePerson Albert King ⓘ
B. B. King ⓘ
surface form: B.B. King

Jim Henson ⓘ
knownFor B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center ⓘ
association with B.B. King ⓘ
blues music heritage ⓘ
locatedIn Sunflower County, Mississippi ⓘ
northwestern Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear U.S. Route 49W NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 82 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi Delta alluvial plain
namedAfter Indianola, Texas ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Greenville, Mississippi ⓘ
Greenwood, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi
partOf Northern Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi Delta region

Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: United States South
postalCode 38751 ⓘ
region Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi Delta
state Mississippi ⓘ
timeZone CST ⓘ
timeZoneDST CDT ⓘ
transportation served by U.S. Highway 49W ⓘ
served by U.S. Highway 82 ⓘ

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B. B. King → burialPlace → Indianola, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center → locatedIn → Indianola, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indianola, Mississippi
Albert King → placeOfBirth → Indianola, Mississippi, United States ⓘ