Tupelo, Mississippi
| Tupelo, Mississippi | |
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| City of Tupelo | |
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Main Street in Tupelo
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 Location of Tupelo in Lee County |
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 Tupelo, Mississippi
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| Coordinates: 34°15′35″N 88°43′33″W / 34.25972°N 88.72583°WCoordinates: 34°15′35″N 88°43′33″W / 34.25972°N 88.72583°W | |
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 United States
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| State |
 Mississippi
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| County | Lee |
| Incorporated | 1870 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Mayor | Jason Shelton (D) |
| Area | |
| • City | 133.2 km2 (51.4 sq mi) |
| • Land | 132.4 km2 (51.1 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.8 km2 (0.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 34,546 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 35,688 |
| • Density | 274/km2 (709/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 139,671 (US: 8th) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 38801–38804 |
| Area code(s) | 662 |
| FIPS code | 28-74840 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0678931 |
| Website | City of Tupelo |
Tupelo /ˈtuːpəloʊ/ is the county seat and the largest city of Lee County, Mississippi. The seventh-largest city in the state, it is situated in Northeast Mississippi, between Memphis, Tennessee, and Birmingham, Alabama. It is accessed by Interstate 22. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,546, with the surrounding counties of Lee, and Itawamba supporting a population of 139,671
Tupelo was the first city to gain an electrical power grid under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's program of the Tennessee Valley Authority construction of facilities during the Great Depression. The city is also the birthplace of singer Elvis Presley.
Indigenous peoples lived in the area for thousands of years. The historic Chickasaw and Choctaw, both Muskogean-speaking peoples of the Southeast, occupied this area long before European encounter.
French and British colonists traded with these indigenous peoples and tried to make alliances with them. The French established towns in Mississippi mostly on the Gulf Coast. At times, the European powers came into armed conflict. On May 26, 1736 the Battle of Ackia was fought near the site of the present Tupelo; British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia. The French, under Louisiana governor Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, had sought to link Louisiana with Acadia and the other northern colonies of New France.
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