Tupelo, Mississippi

E89654

city county seat

Tupelo, Mississippi is a small city in northeastern Mississippi best known as the birthplace of Elvis Presley and for its role in Civil War and blues history.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tupelo, Mississippi, United States	2
Tupelo micropolitan area	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
birthplaceOf	Elvis Presley ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Lee County, Mississippi ⓘ
developedAround	Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
foundedIn	19th century ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAreaCode	662 ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Itawamba Community College – Tupelo campus ⓘ University of Mississippi ⓘ surface form: University of Mississippi – Tupelo campus
hasEvent	Gumtree Arts Festival ⓘ Tupelo Elvis Festival ⓘ
hasHeritage	American Civil War history ⓘ blues music history ⓘ
hasHistoricRole	railroad shipping point for cotton ⓘ regional commercial center for northeast Mississippi ⓘ
hasHospital	North Mississippi Medical Center ⓘ
hasIndustry	furniture manufacturing ⓘ healthcare services ⓘ retail trade ⓘ
hasLandmark	Downtown Tupelo Historic District ⓘ Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum ⓘ Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo ⓘ Tupelo National Battlefield ⓘ
hasNickname	Birthplace of Elvis Presley ⓘ
hasNotablePerson	Elvis Presley ⓘ Jim Weatherly ⓘ Paul Thorn ⓘ
hasPostalCode	38801 ⓘ 38802 ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Tupelo Golden Wave (Tupelo High School athletics) ⓘ
isPartOf	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South
isServedBy	Interstate 22 NERFINISHED ⓘ Tupelo Regional Airport ⓘ U.S. Route 45 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 78 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northeastern Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal circulation area ⓘ
namedAfter	tupelo tree ⓘ
partOf	Golden Triangle region, Mississippi ⓘ surface form: Golden Triangle region of Mississippi Tupelo, Mississippi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tupelo micropolitan area
siteOf	Battle of Tupelo ⓘ Harrisburg Campaign (American Civil War) ⓘ
state	Mississippi ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Mississippi → hasCity → Tupelo, Mississippi ⓘ

Tupelo, Mississippi → partOf → Tupelo, Mississippi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tupelo micropolitan area

Comcast → placeFounded → Tupelo, Mississippi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tupelo, Mississippi, United States

Elvis Presley → placeOfBirth → Tupelo, Mississippi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tupelo, Mississippi, United States