Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States

E305821

city county seat

Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States is a historic Delta city renowned as a cradle of the blues and a significant site in African American cultural and musical history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States canonical	11
Clarksdale, Mississippi	9
Clarksdale micropolitan area	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
associatedWith	Ike Turner ⓘ John Lee Hooker ⓘ Muddy Waters ⓘ Robert Johnson ⓘ Sam Cooke ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countySeatOf	Coahoma County, Mississippi ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn	cotton agriculture ⓘ
foundedIn	late 19th century ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Coahoma Community College (nearby) ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Downtown Clarksdale Historic District ⓘ
hasInstitution	Delta Blues Museum ⓘ
hasLandmark	The Crossroads (Highway 61 and Highway 49) ⓘ
hasVenue	Ground Zero Blues Club ⓘ Red’s Lounge ⓘ
historicallyInvolvedIn	sharecropping system ⓘ
hostsEvent	Juke Joint Festival ⓘ Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival ⓘ
incorporatedAsCityIn	early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor	African American cultural history ⓘ Delta blues music ⓘ blues tourism ⓘ historic blues venues ⓘ
locatedIn	Coahoma County, Mississippi ⓘ Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ surface form: Delta region of Mississippi Mississippi ⓘ North Mississippi Delta ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Delta
locatedOn	Sunflower River NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	John Clark ⓘ
near	Mississippi River ⓘ
nicknamed	Home of the Blues ⓘ
partOf	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South
populationEstimate	around 14,000 ⓘ
servedBy	U.S. Route 49 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 61 NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantFor	Great Migration history ⓘ civil rights era activity ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bessie Smith → placeOfDeath → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

U.S. Route 61 → connects → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

Greenwood, Mississippi, United States → nearbyCity → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

Rick Ross → placeOfBirth → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

Ike Turner → placeOfBirth → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

Sam Cooke → placeOfBirth → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

Muddy Waters → raisedIn → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

Northern Mississippi → hasMajorCity → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

Mississippi's 2nd congressional district → contains → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

Marks, Mississippi, United States → partOfStatisticalArea → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: Marks, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Clarksdale micropolitan area

Aaron Henry → residence → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

Aaron Henry → placeOfDeath → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

Bessie → placeOfDeath → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: Bessie Smith

this entity surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

Charlie Conerly → placeOfBirth → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

Charlie Conerly → residence → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

Blues Highway → majorCityAlongRoute → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

Delta blues region → hasNotableCity → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

William Leonard Roberts II → placeOfBirth → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

The Boss → placeOfBirth → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: Rick Ross

William Roberts II → placeOfBirth → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

Izear Luster Turner Jr. → placeOfBirth → Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ