Meridian, Mississippi

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city county seat

Meridian, Mississippi is a historic city in eastern Mississippi known as a regional transportation hub and cultural center.

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Surface form Occurrences
Meridian, Mississippi, United States 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 601 ⓘ
769 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 32.3643°N 88.7037°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economy healthcare services ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ
transportation and logistics ⓘ
elevation approximately 344 feet ⓘ
foundedIn 1860 ⓘ
governingBody Meridian City Council ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAirport Meridian Regional Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction Dunn’s Falls Park (nearby) ⓘ
Highland Park ⓘ
Jimmie Rodgers Museum ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Meridian Community College ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Meridian Downtown Historic District ⓘ
Meridian Residential Historic Districts ⓘ
hasMilitaryInstallation Naval Air Station Meridian (nearby) ⓘ
hasMuseum Meridian Museum of Art ⓘ
Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience ⓘ
hasRailStation Meridian Union Station ⓘ
hasVenue MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts ⓘ
Meridian Little Theatre ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Lauderdale County, Mississippi ⓘ
isPartOf eastern Mississippi ⓘ
knownFor historic architecture ⓘ
performing arts ⓘ
railroad history ⓘ
locatedIn Lauderdale County, Mississippi ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
locatedOn Piedmont-Atlantic Coastal Plain fall line ⓘ
surface form: Fall Line of the eastern United States
namedFor geographic meridian ⓘ
near Alabama state line ⓘ
notablePersonAssociated Jimmie Rodgers ⓘ
partOf eastern Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: East Mississippi region
population around 35,000 (early 2020s) ⓘ
role regional cultural center ⓘ
regional transportation hub ⓘ
servedBy Amtrak Crescent ⓘ
Interstate 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 59 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 45 ⓘ
U.S. Route 80 ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Mississippi → hasCity → Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ
Interstate 59 → passesThrough → Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ
Diane Ladd → placeOfBirth → Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meridian, Mississippi, United States
Sela Ward → placeOfBirth → Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meridian, Mississippi, United States
Crescent → routeVia → Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ
Crescent (train) → servesCity → Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ
subject surface form: Crescent