Pearl, Mississippi Pearl, Mississippi City of Pearl Official seal of Pearl, Mississippi Location of Mississippi in the United States Location of Mississippi in the United States Pearl, Mississippi is positioned in the US Pearl, Mississippi - Pearl, Mississippi Pearl is a town/city in Rankin County, Mississippi positioned on the east side of the Pearl River from the state capital of Jackson.
Today, Pearl is a burgeoning community; it is the 13th biggest city in the state and the biggest city in Rankin County.
Population was sparse until the mid-1900s, when evolution of the state capital of Jackson in Hinds County to the west spilled over into this county.
Thereafter, expansion in the region came from the urban expansion of the capital, control of flood threats from the Pearl River, and improved transit due to accessible interstates and Jackson-Evers International Airport.
The following January the improve voted for a 11 square miles (28 km2) boundary that encompassed the Pearl River to Airport Road, excluding East Jackson and all areas south of Interstate 20 except Cunningham Heights and Grandview Heights.
In 1970, Pearl had 9,613 white inhabitants and 10 black inhabitants who were probably live-in servants to white homeholds. By the 1990s Pearl had turn into more racially integrated, and by 2010 blacks made up 23% of the population. On June 29, 1973 Governor William Winter presided over the first annual Pearl Day Celebration, with the swearing in of the city's new officials, who met for the first time on July 3, 1973.
The Pearl Municipal Separate School District was created on May 18, 1976 by an Ordinance of the City of Pearl Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
The first charter by the City of Pearl for cable tv to be installed was granted on July 6, 1976.
On October 1, 1997, Luke Woodham went on a shooting spree that ended at Pearl High School, killing two and injuring seven, after earlier stabbing his mother to death.
Unlike many Mississippi cities, Pearl does not have a downtown square as it is not the county seat.
Over the years the town/city has redeveloped the former Pearl High School into City Hall, including the Pearl Police Department, enhance works departments, and town/city courts.
Its clock fortress is inscribed with the names of graduates of Pearl High School for the reconstruction - 1949 through 1989 while the high school occupied this building.
Pearl voters allowed a $1.5 million bond copy to construct a new junior high school on December 1, 1981.
The Rankin County ground of Hinds Community College opened in Pearl on July 1, 1983.
The Mississippi Braves baseball team play in Trustmark Park in Pearl.
Pearl is positioned at 32 16 19 N 90 6 19 W (32.271979, -90.105266). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 22.0 square miles (57 km2), of which 21.8 square miles (56 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (1.00%) is water.
According to its 2008 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report, Pearl's drinking water comes from the Sparta Sand Aquifer via nine wells that draw the water from it. The City of Pearl is led by an propel Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
Law enforcement inside the town/city limits of Pearl is handled by the Pearl Police Department.
The City has no jail facilities and instead utilizes the Rankin County Jail, which is directed by the Rankin County Sheriff's Department. Fire protection and prevention inside the town/city limits of Pearl is handled by the Pearl Fire Department.
The Mississippi Department of Corrections Central Mississippi Correctional Facility is in an unincorporated region in Rankin County, near Pearl. In 2007 the Mississippi Highway Patrol opened a driver's license facility athwart the highway from the prison. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality operates the Central Regional Office and the MDEQ Laboratory in unincorporated Rankin County, near Pearl. Pearl is served by Jackson-Evers International Airport, positioned at Allen C.
Thompson Field, at the Pearl town/city limits in the town/city of Flowood in Rankin County.
The airport has non-stop service to 12 metros/cities throughout the United States and is served by 5 mainline carriers (American, Delta, Continental, Northwest, and US Airways).
While technically Jackson-Evers International Airport is positioned in Flowood, it is town/city of Jackson property and Jackson is responsible for everything inside the airport's defined grounds.
The Airport Parkway will connect High Street in downtown Jackson to Mississippi Highway 475 in Flowood at Jackson-Evers International Airport.
The Airport Parkway Commission consists of the Mayor of Pearl, the Mayor of Flowood and the Mayor of Jackson, as the Airport Parkway will run through and have access from each of these three cities.
Pearl is roughly halfway between New Orleans and Memphis, Tennessee.
Runs east-west from near El Paso, Texas to Florence, South Carolina and is the chief interstate to Pearl.
From Gulfport going north back towards Jackson, this highway ends at Pearl where it is bypassed via Interstate 20 to Interstate 220 (I-220) to U.S.
This highway runs from Mississippi Highway 25 in Flowood, though Pearl crossing U.S.
The City of Pearl's enhance schools are served by the Pearl Public School District whose Board is appointed by the City of Pearl Board of Aldermen.
Hinds Community College Rankin Campus (state two-year college not a part of the Pearl Public School District) Pearl High School (Grades 9 through 12) Built in 1989; Expansions* in 1997, 2003 and 2005 Pearl Junior High School (Grades 6 through 8) Built in 1932; Expansions* in 1982, 1989, and 2004.
Pearl Lower Elementary (Grades K and 1) Built in 1932; Expansions* in 1999 and 2005 Pearl High School is presently rated a 5, which is the highest education level a school can reach in our Nation's Standard as set down by the No Child Left Behind Act, signed by President George W.
Schools ratings are based on the Mississippi Curriculum Tests, which are issued every year to determine a school's effectiveness on its students.
The Pearl Junior High School and Pearl High School athletic squads compete in football, baseball, soccer, track & field and softball.
They are the Pearl Pirate Band and have a partial reputation for performing at infamous parks such as Disney World and Six Flags.
Pearl is home to many parks and recreational facilities.
Center City Complex - softball, baseball, soccer, and bureaus of the Parks and Recreation Department (has been the site of a several United States Specialty Sports Association Regional and National Tournaments) Shepherd Field Walking Trail - A 1/4 mile walking track around the old Pearl High School football field Pearl Municipal Golf Course - An 18-hole enhance golf course with a Club House and short order restaurant Trustmark Park in Pearl The Mississippi Braves or M-Braves, a Class AA minor league baseball partner of the Atlanta Braves moved from Greenville, South Carolina to Pearl before the 2005 season.
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2008 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report; City of Pearl; PWS ID# 0610017.
City of Pearl Water Department.
City of Pearl, Mississippi 2009 Comprehensive Plan; Pages 25-28; Accessed May 06, 2009 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pearl, Mississippi.
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