Tupelo
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Summary
Tupelo is a city in the United States[1]. Tupelo ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,386 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lee County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Todd Jordan[5]
- Instance of: county seat[6]
- Named after: Nyssa sylvatica[7]
- Postal code: 38801[8], 38802[9], 38803[10], 38804[11]
- Part of: Tupelo micropolitan area[12]
- Commons category: Tupelo, Mississippi[13]
- Local dialing code: 662[14]
- Inception: October 18, 1860[15]
- Coordinate location: 34.25761111111111, -88.7033888888889[16]
- Official website: https://www.tupeloms.gov/[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tupelo, Mississippi[18]
- Population: 23,905[19], 30,685[20], 33,988[21], 37,680[22], 38,114[23], 34,546[24], 37,923[25]
- Office held by head of government: mayor[26]
- Capital of: Lee County[27]
- Official name: City of Tupelo[28]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tupelo, Mississippi[29]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tupelo, Mississippi[30]
- Number of households: 15,004[31]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Tupelo, Mississippi[32]
- Elevation above sea level: 91[33]
- Area: 167[34], 132[35], 133.079398[36], 167.530396[37], 166.751912[38], 0.778484[39]
- Water as percent of area: 0.4636[40]
- Territory overlaps: Tupelo urban area[41]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Tupelo include Cadence Bank[42], a commercial bank[43], in United States[44], founded in 1876[45]; Tupelo Regional Airport[46], an airport[47], in United States[48]; and Battle of Tupelo[49], a battle[50], in Confederate States of America[51].
Why It Matters
Tupelo has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Tupelo is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Tupelo include Cadence Bank[42], a commercial bank[43], in United States[44], founded in 1876[45]; Tupelo Regional Airport[46], an airport[47], in United States[48]; and Battle of Tupelo[49], a battle[50], in Confederate States of America[51].