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Vinton Birney Imes Sr. first went to work for Percy W. Maer at The Columbus Dispatch in 1910. Following Maer's death, Imes left The Columbus Dispatch and bought The Columbus Commercial. The following year Imes, local attorney John Frierson and local dentist Dr. D.D. Griffin formed a partnership and purchased The Columbus Commercial from Maer's ...
It was created in large part due to explosive growth on the Mississippi side of the Memphis area. Prior to October 2021, area code 662 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, 988 was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline , which created a conflict for exchanges that ...
Columbus High School was formed by the merger of the city's two previous high schools, Stephen D. Lee High School and Caldwell High School; the schools were merged in 1992 and the campuses in 1997. Columbus is also home to the oldest public elementary school in Mississippi, Franklin Academy Elementary, founded in 1821. [citation needed]
North of Columbus on Old Aberdeen Rd. 33°36′03″N 88°27′28″W / 33.600833°N 88.457778°W / 33.600833; -88.457778 ( Cox-Uithoven Columbus
Area codes of Mississippi. The state of Mississippi is served by the following area codes: Area code 228 serves the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi. Area codes 601 and 769 serve most of southern Mississippi including Jackson. Area code 662 currently serves northern Mississippi, with 471 having been assigned for future distribution [1]
Columbus-Lowndes County Airport covers an area of 215 acres (87 ha) at an elevation of 188 feet (57 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,500 by 100 feet (1,372 x 30 m).
USF Reddaway was founded in June 1919 by William Arthur "Art" Reddaway (1888–1957) as Reddaway's Truck Line, Inc. in Oregon City, Oregon with one Ford Model T truck. [3] [4] He managed the company with his wife, Ethel May Joslin Reddaway (1886–1956). His son, Walter Wayne “Walt” Reddaway (1915–1979), later succeeded him and led the ...
Golden Triangle Regional Airport (IATA: GTR, ICAO: KGTR, FAA LID: GTR) is a public use airport in unincorporated Lowndes County, Mississippi. [2] [1] The airport is located approximately midway between the cities of Columbus, Starkville, and West Point, Mississippi, and serves the surrounding Golden Triangle region of Mississippi and parts of West Alabama.