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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Brazil
is an
unincorporated community
in
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
. Brazil is on
Mississippi Highway 321
approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of
Webb
and 12 miles (19 km) south of
Lambert
.
The community is also known as
Lay
and
Stover
.
[2]
Transportation
[
edit
]
Amtrak
’s
City of New Orleans
, which operates between
New Orleans
and
Chicago
, passes through the town on
CN
tracks, but makes no stop. The
nearest station
is located in
Marks
, 18 miles (29 km) to the north.
Education
[
edit
]
Brazil is in the
West Tallahatchie School District
.
[3]
R. H. Bearden School
and
West Tallahatchie High School
are the local schools.
It was previously a part of the
Brazil Consolidated School District
.
[4]
Brazil formerly had its own school, with the final building built for $50,000 in 1936.
[5]
In the 1940s, the district made plans to build an expansion.
[6]
The previous Brazil school was destroyed by a fire.
[7]
Due to underenrollment, as the school had 40 students registered in 1965, it was closed that year.
[5]
and the building put up for sale by the school district.
[2]
Coahoma Community College
is the designated community college.
[8]
References
[
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]
- ^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brazil, Mississippi
- ^
a
b
"Notice of Sale".
The Sumner Sentinel
. September 16, 1965. p. 4.
-
Clipping from Newspapers.com. Accessed 5 July 2023.
- ^
"About WTSD"
.
West Tallahatchie School District
. Retrieved
May 20,
2021
.
- ^
"[...]State of Mississippi, in witness whereof[...]".
The Sun-Sentinel
. Vol. 5, no. 15.
Charleston, Mississippi
. July 17, 1924. p. 2.
-
Clipping from Newspapers.com
. Accessed 5 July 2023.
- ^
a
b
"Brazil School to Close".
The Sumner Sentinel
. Vol. 56, no. 49. June 17, 1965. p. 1.
- [
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78885543/for-brazil-mississippi/
Clipping from Newspapers.com. Accessed 5 July 2023.
- ^
"Notice to Contractors".
The Greenwood Commonwealth
. February 24, 1947. p. 4.
-
Clipping
from
Newspapers.com
.
- ^
"Brazil School to be Erected Soon".
The Clarksdale Press Register
. September 25, 1936. p. 1.
-
Clipping
from
Newspapers.com
.
- ^
"
Student Residency
" (
Archive
). Coahoma Community College. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. "Out-of-District Resident: A student who does not live within Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties but does live in some other county in Mississippi."