Brazil, Mississippi
Brazil, Mississippi | |
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Brazil, Mississippi | |
Coordinates: 34°01′35″N 90°16′50″W / 34.02639°N 90.28056°WCoordinates: 34°01′35″N 90°16′50″W / 34.02639°N 90.28056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Tallahatchie |
Elevation | 154 ft (47 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 38963 |
Area code(s) | 662 |
GNIS feature ID | 667534[1] |
Brazil is an unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Brazil is on Mississippi Highway 321 approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Webb and 12 miles (19 km) south of Lambert.
The community is also known as Lay and Stover.[2]
Education[]
Brazil is in the West Tallahatchie School District.[3] R. H. Bearden School and West Tallahatchie High School are the local schools.
It was previously a part of the .[4] Brazil formerly had its own school, with the final building built for $50,000 in 1936.[5] In the 1940s the district made plans to build an expansion.[6] The previous Brazil school was destroyed by a fire.[7] Due to underenrollment, as the school had 40 students registered in 1965, it was closed that year.[5] and the building put up for sale by the school district.[2]
Coahoma Community College is the designated community college.[8]
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brazil, Mississippi
- ^ a b "Notice of Sale". . 1965-09-16. p. 4. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
- ^ "About WTSD". West Tallahatchie School District. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ^ "[...]State of Mississippi, in witness whereof[...]". . Vol. 5, no. 15. Charleston, Mississippi. 1924-07-17. p. 2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Brazil School to Close". . Vol. 56, no. 49. 1965-06-17. p. 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Notice to Contractors". The Greenwood Commonwealth. 1947-02-24. p. 4. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brazil School to be Erected Soon". . 1936-09-25. p. 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Student Residency" (Archive). Coahoma Community College. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. "Out-of-District Resident: A student who does not live within Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties but does live in some other county in Mississippi."
- Unincorporated communities in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
- Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
- Mississippi Delta region geography stubs