McComb, Mississippi, United States

E34880

city

McComb is a small city in southwestern Mississippi, United States, known historically as a railroad hub and for its significant role in the American civil rights movement.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
McComb, Mississippi	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Pike County, Mississippi ⓘ
foundedBy	New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad ⓘ
GNISFeatureClass	populated place ⓘ
hasAirport	McComb-Pike County Airport ⓘ
hasAreaCode	601 ⓘ 769 ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic	majority African American population (historically and in recent decades) ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	McComb School District ⓘ Southwest Mississippi Community College (service area) ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	mayor–board of aldermen ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent	1961–1964 civil rights voter registration campaigns ⓘ Freedom Summer activities ⓘ civil rights–related bombings in the 1960s ⓘ
hasHistoricRole	center of civil rights activism in Mississippi ⓘ
hasHospital	Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center ⓘ
hasMuseum	McComb Railroad Museum ⓘ McComb Railroad Museum ⓘ surface form: Mississippi’s Railroad Museum (McComb Railroad Museum)
hasNearbyProtectedArea	Homochitto National Forest (regional vicinity) ⓘ
hasNotableIndustry	healthcare services ⓘ railroad transportation ⓘ retail trade ⓘ
hasPostalCode	39648 ⓘ 39649 ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary	Pike-Amite-Walthall Library System branch in McComb ⓘ
hasRailConnection	Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
hasRailroadFacility	railroad shops and yards ⓘ
hasRole	railroad hub ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	McComb High School Tigers (secondary school athletics) ⓘ
hasTransportation	Canadian National Railway ⓘ Interstate 55 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 51 NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Pike County, Mississippi (de facto primary city and service center) ⓘ
isPartOf	Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Delta cultural region (broadly Southern Mississippi culture)
locatedInRegion	Southern United States ⓘ Southwestern Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Louisiana border ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
locatedSouthOf	Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
namedAfter	Henry Simpson McComb ⓘ
partOf	Pike County, Mississippi ⓘ surface form: Pike County, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area
significantEvent	American civil rights movement activities ⓘ
state	Mississippi ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

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Britney Spears → placeOfBirth → McComb, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

Ray J → placeOfBirth → McComb, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

Amtrak City of New Orleans route → servesCity → McComb, Mississippi, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: McComb, Mississippi