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    Sunflower is a town in Sunflower County, Mississippi. The population was 1,159 at the 2010 census. As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 964...
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    Sunflower County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,971. Its largest city and county seat...
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    Indianola is a city in and the county seat of Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States, in the Mississippi Delta. The population was 10,683 at the 2010...
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    The Sunflower River (also known as the Big Sunflower River) is one of the main tributaries of the Yazoo River in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is navigable...
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    Ruleville is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States, in the Mississippi Delta region. The population was 3,007 at the 2010 census. It is...
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    rayless sunflower – Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida Helianthus resinosus Small – resindot sunflowerMississippi, Alabama...
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    Drew is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,927 at the 2010 census. Drew is in the vicinity of several plantations...
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  • Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, and Washington counties. Coahoma County was originally in the college's service area, but the Mississippi Legislature removed...
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    located in the unincorporated community of Parchman in Sunflower County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta region. Occupying about 28 square miles (73 km2)...
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    Moorhead is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,405. According to the United States...
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    Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,019 at the 2010 census. As the town had the largest cotton gin in the Mississippi Delta...
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  • Sunflower Landing is an unincorporated community in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. The settlement is located on the easternmost shore of...
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  • 2014 Sunflower, Alabama Sunflower, Arizona Sunflower, Kansas Sunflower, Wichita, Kansas Sunflower, Mississippi Sunflower, West Virginia Sunflower, Wisconsin...
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  • Inverness. Soul singer and songwriter Jerry Butler was born in Sunflower. Mississippi was also home to Malaco Records, a well-known indie R&B label. Jimmy...
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    Shaw is a city in Bolivar and Sunflower counties, Mississippi, United States, located in the Mississippi Delta region. The name was derived from an old...
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    a species of sunflower known by the common names cucumberleaf sunflower, beach sunflower, weak sunflower, and East Coast dune sunflower. It is native...
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    Matt "Guitar" Murphy (category People from Sunflower, Mississippi)
    Murphy was elected to the Blues Hall of Fame. Murphy was born in Sunflower, Mississippi, and was educated in Memphis, Tennessee, where his father worked...
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    Jerry Butler (category People from Sunflower, Mississippi)
    as Vice Chair of the Construction Committee. Butler was born in Sunflower, Mississippi, United States, in 1939. When Butler was three years old, the family...
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    west by the Mississippi River and the south by the Yazoo River. It is a poor region of the country's poorest state. In the center is Sunflower County, which...
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    Doddsville is a town in Sunflower County, Mississippi. The population was 98 at the 2010 census. It was established by Daniel Doddsman Sr. in 1889. Daniel...
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    Craig Claiborne (category People from Sunflower, Mississippi)
    contributions to gastronomy and food writing in the United States. Born in Sunflower, Mississippi, Claiborne was raised on the region's distinctive cuisine in the...
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    Arkansas 33,770 Bolivar, Mississippi 33,729 Hancock, Georgia 33,496 Macon, Georgia 33,163 Tensas, Louisiana 32,962 Sunflower, Mississippi 32,608 Hale, Alabama...
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    The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae. The common sunflower is harvested for its edible...
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    Willie Best (category People from Sunflower, Mississippi)
    an unusual feat for an African American bit player. A native of Sunflower, Mississippi, Best reached Hollywood as a chauffeur for a vacationing couple...
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  • Thumbnail for Helianthus giganteus
    Helianthus giganteus, the giant sunflower or tall sunflower, is a species of Helianthus native to the eastern United States and eastern and central Canada...
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  • River Little Buffalo River Little Sunflower River Little Tallahatchie River Lobutcha Creek Luxapallila Creek Mississippi River Nanih Waiya Creek Noxubee...
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  • Mississippi Delta. The collection centers on activism and organizing in partnership with the Sunflower County Civil Rights Organization in Sunflower,...
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    Clay, Issaquena, Jefferson Davis, Sunflower, and Tallahatchie. This marked the first time in history that Mississippi voted Republican in consecutive elections...
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  • Shirley Coleman (category People from Sunflower, Mississippi)
    alderman who is an ordained minister and pastor. Coleman was born in Sunflower, Mississippi, but her family moved to Chicago's south side shortly after her...
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  • district with its headquarters in Indianola, Mississippi in the Mississippi Delta. The district serves all of Sunflower County. Prior to the merger with the Indianola...
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