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Tupelo, Mississippi Tupelo (IPA: /ˈtuːpəloʊ/) is the largest city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It is the seventh largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, and larger than Greenville. The Tupelo area — specifically the nearby village of Blue Springs — was selected during the spring of 2007 as the site for Toyota's eleventh U.S. automobile manufacturing plant. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city's population was 34,211. By 2008, the population was 36,223, with a metropolitan area population of 134,161, encompassing Lee, Pontotoc and Itawamba counties. The city is best known as the birthplace of Elvis Presley Situated in northeast Mississippi, the city lies between Memphis, Tennessee, and Birmingham, Alabama, along U.S. Highway 78 — slated to become Interstate 22 within a few years. History European-American settlers had first named the town Gum Pond prior to the American Civil War, supposedly due to the high number of tupelo trees, locally known as blackgum, that grew in the area. The city still hosts the annual Gumtree Arts Festival. During the war, the local Battle of Tupelo was named after the trees in the area. In the post-Civil War era, Tupelo became the northern Mississippi site for the crossing of a railroad, which encouraged industry in the town. Once the town began to grow, it changed its name to Tupelo, in honor of the battle. Tupelo was incorporated in 1870 with a population of 618.[citation needed] The war site has been designated the Tupelo National Battlefield and is administered by the National Park Service (NPS).In 1934 Tupelo and its region gained electricity from the new Tennessee Valley Authority. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited this 'First TVA City'. Cultural and attractions Tupelo is the headquarters of the historicNatchez Trace Parkway, connectingNatchez, MississippitoNashville, Tennessee, while following the route of the originalNatchez Tracetrail.Nearby are thePharr Mounds, an important MiddleWoodland periodcomplex ofburial earthworksdating from 1 and 200 CE. TheCivil Warbattlefields include:Tupelo National BattlefieldandBrices Cross Roads National Battlefield. One of the largest automobile museums in North America, theTupelo Automobile Museumopened on December 7, 2002,Pearl HarborDay. It was designated the official State of Mississippi automobile museum in the spring of 2003. The museum is home to more than 150 rare automobiles, all of which were part of the personal collection ofWTVAfounderFrank K. Spain. Tupelo Community Theatre was founded in 1969. Its chairman is Steve McAlilly and the board of directors numbers 16. The theatre has produced over 200 productions. In 2001 and 2004 it won awards at the Mississippi Theatre Association Community Theatre festival. In 2004 its productioin ofBel Cantowon at the Southeastern Theatre Conference. TCT's home is the historic Lyric Theatre, built in 1912. TheTupelo Symphony Orchestra's season runs from September-April with concerts held at theTupelo Civic Auditorium.Special conductors and soloists appear regularly. The symphony also holds a free annual July 4 outdoor concert at Tupelo's Ballard Park, which draws thousands of fans. TheTupelo Buffalo Park and Zoois home to hundreds of animals and a large American bison herd. Tupelo's coliseum, theBancorpSouth Arena,opened in 1993 and has hosted concerts by entertainers such asThe Eagles,Rod Stewart,Bob Dylan,Widespread Panic,Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,Aerosmith,Kiss,Lynyrd Skynyrd,Elton John, Kelly Clarkson, and Creed. In 2005, the TupeloRotary Clubsponsored a commission for a statue ofChief Piomingo, a leader of theChickasawpeople, which was erected in front of the new city hall. Tupelo's Oren Dunn City Museum tells theStory of Community Buildingthrough permanent exhibits and a collection of historic structures. The Special Exhibit Gallery provides a venue for a variety of traveling and temporary shows throughout the year. April 2006 marked the 70th anniversary of the 1936 Tupelo Tornado, the fourth deadliest tornado in United States history and part of theTupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreakof tornadoes on April 5–6, 1936. Historian Martis D. Ramage, Jr.'s book, 'Tupelo, Mississippi, Tornado of 1936,' chronicles the devastation of the tornado, with many rare photographs. June 2006 was the 50th anniversary of the 1956Elvis PresleyHomecoming in Tupelo, whose highlight was the famous 1956 concert at the Mississippi-Alabama State Fair & Dairy Show. The event was recreated at the eighth 'Elvis Presley Festival' in Tupelo on June 3, 2006. The fairgrounds is now part of Tupelo's Fairpark District. Documentary filmmakers Roy Turner and Jim Palmer premiered their new Presley documentary,The Homecoming: Tupelo Welcomes Elvis Home, at the 2006 festival. The Lee County Library's annual Helen Foster Lecture series has since 1974 sponsored nationally known authors, includingShelby Foote,Alex Haley,John Grisham,Rick Bragg,Pat Conroy,Ernest Gaines,Willie Morris,Beverly SillsandAlice Walker. Built in 1937, Tupelo's Church Street Elementary School was hailed as one of the most outstanding designs of its time. A scale model of thisArt Modernestructure was displayed at the1939 New York World's Fairas 'the ideal elementary school.' Industry Tupelo is the headquarters of theNorth Mississippi Medical Center, the largest non-metropolitan hospital in theUnited States. It serves people in North Mississippi, northwest Alabama and portions of Tennessee. The medical center was a winner of the prestigiousMalcolm Baldrige National Quality Awardin 2006. Tupelo is the headquarters of two banking institutions -BancorpSouth, with approximately $11.8 billion in assets (2006), andRenasant, with assets of approximately $4.2 billion (2011). The city is a three-time 'All-America City Award' winner and boasts one of the largestfurnituremanufacturingindustriesnationwide. As journalist Dennis Seid ofThe Northeast Mississippi Daily Journalnoted in the February, 2006 edition of The Northeast Mississippi Business Journal, furniture manufacturing is crucial to the economy of Northeast Mississippi, 'providing some 22,000 jobs, or almost 13% of the region's employment... with a $732 million annual payroll... producing $2.25 billion worth of goods.' Tupelo had the first Comcast cable system.[citation needed] Tecumseh, Furniture Brands International,Hancock Fabrics, Inc., Magnolia Fabrics, Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Mississippi, H.M. Richards, JESCO Construction, MTD Products, Savings Oil Company (Dodge's Stores), and Cooper Tire & Rubber Company all operate or are headquartered in Tupelo & Lee County. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there are 34,211 people, 13,395 households, and 9,108 families residing in the city. The population density is 669.4 people per square mile (258.4/km²). There are 14,551 housing units at an average density of 284.7/sq mi (109.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city is 69.40% White, 28.28% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.88% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.47% from other races, and 0.85% from two or more races. 1.41% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.[citation needed]There are 13,395 households out of which 34.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% are married couples living together, 16.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% are non-families. 28.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.47 and the average family size is 3.04.[citation needed]In the city the population is spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 25, 30.5% from 25 to 45, 21.4% from 45 to 65, and 12.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.6 males.[citation needed]The median income for a household in the city is $38,401. Males have a median income of $35,027 versus $23,988 for females. The per capita income for the city is $22,024.[citation needed] Government Tupelo's current mayor is Republican Jack Reed Jr.. The president of the Tupelo City Council is Fred Pitts. The other six council members are Markel Whittenton, Jim Newll, Nettie Davis, Johnny Davis, Mike Bryan, and Willie Jennings.In December 2007, Sen. Trent Lott retired leaving a vacancy in his unfinished six-year term. Governor Haley Barbour appointed Rep. Roger Wicker as Lott's replacement. Mississippi's First Congressional District seat was open and a special election was held. After a much heated campaign, Travis Childers (D) was elected to represent Mississippi's First Congressional District. Media The local daily newspaper is The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.Tupelo is home to three television stations serving the 133rd-ranked designated market area among 210 markets nationwide as determined by Nielsen Media Research: WTVA (9), an NBC affiliate; WLOV (27), a Fox affiliate, and WKDH (45), an ABC affiliate. All three stations are located just outside the Tupelo city limits and were controlled by Frank K. Spain until his death on April 25, 2006. Geography & Climate Tupelo is located in northeast Mississippi, north of Columbus, on future Interstate 22 and US Route 78 mid way between Memphis, Tennessee (northwest) and Birmingham, Alabama (southeast).According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 51.4 square miles (133.2 km²), of which, 51.1 square miles (132.4 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²) of it (0.62%) is water. Education The Tupelo is served by the Tupelo Public School District. The 2008 Tupelo Golden Wave high school baseball team was ranked #1 in the nation for 2 weeks. The Tupelo High School Athletic department was ranked #3 in the nation in 2008 by Sports Illustrated as best athletic department.Tupelo is home to satellite campuses of the University of Mississippi, Itawamba Community College, and the Mississippi University for Women. Notable people Elvis Presley was born in East Tupelo in 1935. There is a life-sized bronze statue of 'Elvis at 13' by sculptor Michiel Van der Sommen close by the little wooden house where Elvis was born (which is open to the public). The annual Elvis Presley Festival held in early June attracts music lovers from all over the world. Nearby is Johnnie's Drive-in, a local eatery that was frequented by the singer, and has several menu items he was said to favor. Tupelo has received a Mississippi Blues Trail marker commemorating it as a site on the Mississippi Blues Trail for being the birthplace of Elvis Presley.Rockabilly singer-songwriter Jumpin' Gene Simmons, who had a hit in 1964 with the song 'Haunted House' was born and died in Tupelo. He also co-wrote the Tim McGraw hit 'Indian Outlaw' with Tommy Barnes and John Loudermilk.Newspaper publisher George McLean bought Tupelo's Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in June, 1934 and remained publisher until his death in 1983. Using his newspaper to promote the cultural development of the area, he was one of the foremost community development figures in the United States, being named 'Man of the Year' in 1937 by Nation Magazine at age 34.[citation needed]Allie Grant (actress) - The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.[citation needed]Controversial U.S. Congressman John E. Rankin of Tupelo served his district for sixteen terms (1921–53), co-authoring the bill to create the Tennessee Valley Authority as well as being a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).Singer Guy Hovis was born in Tupelo in 1941. In 1970, he joined his first wife, Ralna English, a native of West Texas, on The Lawrence Welk Show as one half of 'Guy & Ralna,' one of the show's most popular acts.[citation needed]Actor John Dye (China Beach, Touched By An Angel) graduated from Tupelo High School in 1981.Tupelo was a 'knock down spot', or place for hiding and relaxing for infamous State Line Mob and Dixie Mafia members like Carl Douglas 'Towhead' White, Jack Hathcock, W.O. Hathcock, Kirksey Nix, and Louise Hathcock.[citation needed]Singer/songwriter Paul Thorn hails from Tupelo and always introduces himself at shows as being from the birthplace of Elvis Presley.[citation needed]Baptist clergyman W. Winfred Moore was a pastor for a time during the 1950s in Tupelo. He later was based at First Baptist Church of Amarillo, Texas.Composer and musician Casey Kidd is a native of Tupelo and has performed there on several occasions.State Senator Alan Nunnelee was born and raised in Tupelo.American football quarterback Jarious Jackson was born in Tupelo on May 3, 1977. Jackson was a SuperPrep All-American at Tupelo High School before attending the University of Notre Dame were he was a two year starter and team captain. Jackson played for the Denver Broncos of the NFL and currently plays in the CFL for the BC Lions. Tupelo in popular culture John Lee Hooker released a song called 'Tupelo', about a flood in Tupelo in the 1930s. Inspired by John Lee Hooker's song, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds recorded a song titled 'Tupelo', mixing imagery of the flood and birth of Elvis Presley. This song was covered by the British technical metal band SikTh on their 2003 album 'The trees are dead and dried out, wait for something wild'Famous prohibition-era gangster Machine Gun Kelly's last known bank robbery occurred on November 30, 1932 at the Citizen’s State Bank in Tupelo netting his gang $38,000. After the robbery the bank’s chief teller would say of Kelly, “He was the kind of guy that, if you looked at him, you would never thought he was a bank robber.”Richard Pryor's famous character from his stand up act, Mudbone, was born in Tupelo MississippiKrusty the Clown from TV's The Simpsons is credited with starting his career as a street mime in Tupelo, Mississippi.Tupelo is mentioned in the lyrics of Bobby Gentry's 1967 grammy nominated narrative Ode to Billy Joe.Tupelo is included in the chorus of The Proclaimers' songs Sean: 'Sean I'd say the best one came from Tupelo, Mississippi; I'll tell you now that grown men cry and Irish girls are pretty.'Mark Knopfler included a song called 'Back to Tupelo' on his 2004 CD 'Shangri-La', where the songtext goes like this '...You can still be marlon brando and the king of rock and roll...'