Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Meridian,_Mississippi> ?p ?o. }
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaTotal "118.8".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaTotal "118.8804542644224".
- Meridian,_Mississippi populationDensity "342.0".
- Meridian,_Mississippi populationDensity "342.0479022527528".
- Meridian,_Mississippi abstract "Meridian is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Mississippi. It is the county seat of Lauderdale County and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area. Along major highways, the city is 93 mi (150 km) east of Jackson, Mississippi; 154 mi (248 km) west of Birmingham, Alabama; 202 mi (325 km) northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana; and 231 mi (372 km) southeast of Memphis, Tennessee.Established in 1860 at the intersection of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Southern Railway of Mississippi, Meridian relied heavily on the rails and goods transported on them. Union Station is now also home to several other modes of transportation, including the Meridian Transit System, Greyhound Buses, and Trailways, averaging 242,360 passengers per year. During the American Civil War, much of the city was burned to the ground by General William Tecumseh Sherman in the Battle of Meridian.Rebuilt after the war, the city entered a "Golden Age", becoming the largest city in Mississippi between 1890 and 1930 and a leading center for manufacturing in the South. It had 44 trains coming in and out daily. Although its economy slowed with the decline of the railroad industry, the city has diversified, with healthcare, military, and manufacturing employing the most people in 2010. The population within the city limits, according to 2008 census estimates, is 38,232, but a population of 232,900 in a 45-mile (72 km) radius and 526,500 in a 65-mile (105 km) radius, of which 104,600 and 234,200 people respectively are in the labor force, feed the economy of the city.The area is served by two military facilities, Naval Air Station Meridian and Key Field, which provide over 4,000 jobs to the surrounding area. NAS Meridian is home to the Regional Counter-Drug Training Academy (RCTA) and the first local Department of Homeland Security in the state. Key Field is named after Fred and Al Key, who set a world endurance flight record in 1935. The field is now home to the 186th Air Refueling Wing of the Air National Guard and a support facility for the 185th Aviation Brigade of the Army National Guard. Rush Foundation Hospital is the largest non-military employer in the region, employing 2,610 people.Among the city's many arts organizations and historic buildings are the Riley Center, the Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian Little Theatre, and the Meridian Symphony Orchestra. Meridian was also home to two Carnegie libraries, one for African Americans and one for whites. Residents organized to build the African American library, the only Carnegie library built for blacks in the country. The city has been selected as the future location of the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center (MAEC). Jimmie Rodgers, the "Father of Country Music", was born in Meridian. Highland Park houses a museum which displays memorabilia of his life and career, as well as railroad equipment from the steam-engine era. The park is also home to the Highland Park Dentzel Carousel, a National Historic Landmark – the world's only two-row stationary Dentzel menagerie in existence. Other notable natives include Miss America 1986 Susan Akin, James Chaney – one of the victims of the Mississippi civil rights workers murders in 1964, and Hartley Peavey, founder of Peavey Electronics which is headquartered in Meridian. The federal courthouse was the site of the 1966-1967 trial of suspects in the murder of Chaney and two other activists; it was the first time a white jury convicted a white official of a civil rights killing.".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaCode "601".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaLand "1.168084637761536E8".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaLand "1.169E8".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaTotal "1.188804542644224E8".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaTotal "1.188E8".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaWater "1900000.0".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaWater "2071990.4882688".
- Meridian,_Mississippi country United_States.
- Meridian,_Mississippi elevation "104.8512".
- Meridian,_Mississippi elevation "105.0".
- Meridian,_Mississippi foundingDate "1860-02-10".
- Meridian,_Mississippi isPartOf Lauderdale_County,_Mississippi.
- Meridian,_Mississippi isPartOf Mississippi.
- Meridian,_Mississippi leaderName Percy_Bland.
- Meridian,_Mississippi leaderTitle "Mayor".
- Meridian,_Mississippi motto ""A Better Longitude On Life"".
- Meridian,_Mississippi populationDensity "342.0".
- Meridian,_Mississippi populationDensity "342.0479022527528".
- Meridian,_Mississippi populationTotal "41148".
- Meridian,_Mississippi postalCode "39301-39307".
- Meridian,_Mississippi thumbnail Downtown_Meridian_from_City_Hall.jpg?width=300.
- Meridian,_Mississippi timeZone Central_Time_Zone.
- Meridian,_Mississippi type City.
- Meridian,_Mississippi utcOffset "-5".
- Meridian,_Mississippi utcOffset "-6".
- Meridian,_Mississippi wikiPageExternalLink decennial.
- Meridian,_Mississippi wikiPageExternalLink main.php.
- Meridian,_Mississippi wikiPageExternalLink www.meridianms.org.
- Meridian,_Mississippi wikiPageExternalLink www.visitmeridian.com.
- Meridian,_Mississippi wikiPageID "106031".
- Meridian,_Mississippi wikiPageRevisionID "602723787".
- Meridian,_Mississippi aprHighF "76.2".
- Meridian,_Mississippi aprLowF "49.1".
- Meridian,_Mississippi aprPrecipitationDays "8.6".
- Meridian,_Mississippi aprPrecipitationInch "4.78".
- Meridian,_Mississippi aprRecordHighF "95".
- Meridian,_Mississippi aprRecordLowF "28".
- Meridian,_Mississippi aprSnowDays "0.1".
- Meridian,_Mississippi aprSnowInch "0.1".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaCode "601".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaLandKm "116.9".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaLandSqMi "45.1".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaTotalKm "118.8".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaTotalSqMi "45.9".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaWaterKm "1.9".
- Meridian,_Mississippi areaWaterSqMi "0.8".
- Meridian,_Mississippi augHighF "91.5".
- Meridian,_Mississippi augLowF "69".
- Meridian,_Mississippi augPrecipitationDays "9.4".
- Meridian,_Mississippi augPrecipitationInch "3.99".
- Meridian,_Mississippi augRecordHighF "106".
- Meridian,_Mississippi augRecordLowF "51".
- Meridian,_Mississippi augSnowDays "0".
- Meridian,_Mississippi augSnowInch "0".
- Meridian,_Mississippi blank1Info "673491".
- Meridian,_Mississippi blank1Name "GNIS feature ID".
- Meridian,_Mississippi blankInfo "28".
- Meridian,_Mississippi blankName Federal_Information_Processing_Standards.
- Meridian,_Mississippi coordinatesDisplay "inline,title".
- Meridian,_Mississippi coordinatesRegion "US-MS".
- Meridian,_Mississippi date "August 2010".
- Meridian,_Mississippi decHighF "58.8".
- Meridian,_Mississippi decLowF "35.6".
- Meridian,_Mississippi decPrecipitationDays "9.9".
- Meridian,_Mississippi decPrecipitationInch "5.06".
- Meridian,_Mississippi decRecordHighF "84".
- Meridian,_Mississippi decRecordLowF "2".
- Meridian,_Mississippi decSnowDays "0.1".
- Meridian,_Mississippi decSnowInch "0.1".
- Meridian,_Mississippi elevationFt "344".
- Meridian,_Mississippi elevationM "105".
- Meridian,_Mississippi establishedDate "1860-02-10".
- Meridian,_Mississippi establishedTitle Municipal_corporation.
- Meridian,_Mississippi febHighF "61".
- Meridian,_Mississippi febLowF "36.4".
- Meridian,_Mississippi febPrecipitationDays "9.9".
- Meridian,_Mississippi febPrecipitationInch "5.6".
- Meridian,_Mississippi febRecordHighF "85".
- Meridian,_Mississippi febRecordLowF "8".
- Meridian,_Mississippi febSnowDays "0.1".
- Meridian,_Mississippi febSnowInch "0".
- Meridian,_Mississippi hasPhotoCollection Meridian,_Mississippi.
- Meridian,_Mississippi imageCaption "A view of downtown from the third floor of Meridian City Hall".
- Meridian,_Mississippi imageMap "Lauderdale_County_Mississippi_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Meridian_Highlighted.svg".
- Meridian,_Mississippi imageSkyline "Downtown Meridian from City Hall.jpg".
- Meridian,_Mississippi imperialFirst "Y".
- Meridian,_Mississippi janHighF "56.5".
- Meridian,_Mississippi janLowF "33.1".
- Meridian,_Mississippi janPrecipitationDays "9.8".
- Meridian,_Mississippi janPrecipitationInch "5.13".
- Meridian,_Mississippi janRecordHighF "83".
- Meridian,_Mississippi janRecordLowF "0".
- Meridian,_Mississippi janSnowDays "0.3".
- Meridian,_Mississippi janSnowInch "0.2".
- Meridian,_Mississippi julHighF "91.8".