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    Grenada (/ɡrəˈneɪdə/) is a city in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 13,092 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Grenada...
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    Grenada County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 21,629. Its county seat is Grenada. The...
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    also recorded several albums for Vanguard Records. Hurt returned to Grenada, Mississippi, in 1966, where he died at the age of 73. Material recorded by Hurt...
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  • California, a town Grenada, Mississippi, a city Grenada County, Mississippi, a county Grenada, New Zealand, a suburb in Wellington Grenada North, a suburb...
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    Grenada Lake is a reservoir on the Yalobusha River in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is one of four flood control lakes in North Mississippi constructed...
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  • The Grenada, Mississippi tornado of May 7, 1846, killed 21 people, injured 60, and destroyed 60 or 70 buildings in the southern half of Grenada, Yalobusha...
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    Phillip Alford (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
    Since retiring from acting, Alford now works as a businessman in Grenada, Mississippi and stays out of the limelight. He followed his father into the construction...
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  • The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad was an American railroad constructed in the 1850s, connecting Memphis, Tennessee with Grenada, Mississippi. In...
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    Emmanuel Forbes (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
    January 13, 2001, in Grenada, Mississippi. He grew up playing football in youth leagues, often as a quarterback, before attending Grenada High School, where...
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    Grenada (/ɡrəˈneɪdə/ grə-NAY-də; Grenadian Creole French: Gwenad /ɡwiˈnaɪd/) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The...
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    in west Grenada, Mississippi, in what was then Yalobusha County. The Forrests sold slaves in and around Grenada. As of the late 1920s a Grenada resident...
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    Donna Tartt (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
    born in Greenwood, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta, the elder of two daughters. She was raised in the nearby town of Grenada. Her father, Don Tartt...
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  • Freeman Ransom (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
    He was born on his family's farm in Grenada, Mississippi as one of eleven children. After graduating from Grenada's black high school, Ransom graduated...
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  • Derrick Wade (born February 17, 1979, in Grenada, Mississippi) better known by his stage name Top Dogg and YGD Tha Top Dogg is an American rapper. Raised...
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  • The Grenada School District is a public school district based in Grenada, Mississippi (USA). The district's boundaries parallel that of Grenada County...
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    straggling wee bit of a hamlet down in the depths of Mississippi, a dozen miles or so from Grenada, on the Illinois Central Railroad, known to the world...
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    William F. Winter (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
    collector, and in the Mississippi House of Representatives. Born the son of a legislator and school teacher in Grenada, Mississippi, Winter was educated...
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  • The history of Grenada in the Caribbean, part of the Lesser Antilles group of islands, covers a period from the earliest human settlements to the establishment...
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    Magic Slim (category Blues musicians from Mississippi)
    was an American blues singer and guitarist. Born at Torrance, near Grenada, Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers, he followed blues greats such as Muddy...
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    Tyre Phillips (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
    at Mississippi State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Playing at Grenada High School in Grenada, Mississippi...
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    Eddie Willis (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
    band, The Funk Brothers, during the 1960s and early 1970s. Born in Grenada, Mississippi, Willis was known for his signature style of muted guitar riffs which...
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    Grenada College was a college for women, founded by Baptists, in Grenada, Mississippi in 1850. It opened as Yalobusha Female Institute in 1851 and was...
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    The Masonic Temple in Grenada, Mississippi is a Classical Revival building from 1925. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988...
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    Dave Parker (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
    fielder / Designated hitter Born: (1951-06-09) June 9, 1951 (age 72) Grenada, Mississippi, U.S. Batted: Left Threw: Right MLB debut July 12, 1973, for the Pittsburgh...
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    Air products including furnaces, heat pumps, and air conditioners Grenada, Mississippi, USA - Coils and air handlers Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico - Merit...
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    East Mississippi Community College (campuses in Columbus, Mayhew, and Scooba) Holmes Community College (campuses in Goodman and Grenada) Mississippi State...
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    Trent Lott (category People from Grenada, Mississippi)
    along with his longtime colleague John Breaux. Lott was born in Grenada, Mississippi, and lived his early years in nearby Duck Hill, where his father...
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  • Grenada High School is a public high school located in Grenada, Mississippi, United States. It educates students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only...
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  • Billups Neon Crossing Signal (category Buildings and structures in Grenada County, Mississippi)
    dangerous Illinois Central crossing on Mississippi Highway 7 (now Mississippi Highway 332) in Grenada, Mississippi. It was installed in the mid-1930s by...
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    The Grenada Railroad (reporting mark GRYR) is a 228-mile long (290 km) shortline railroad that runs from Southaven, Mississippi to Canton, Mississippi, along...
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