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Place in Mississippi, United States
Tougaloo
(TUG-a-lu) is an area in
Jackson
and in
Hinds County, Mississippi
.
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Its
ZIP Code
, 39174, is assigned to the area encompassing
Tougaloo College
, which is in
Madison County
.
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The
U.S. Postal Service
operates the Tougaloo Post Office.
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Name
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The name, Tougaloo, is believed to be derived from Choctaw, "atukla" meaning "second" or "tuklo" meaning "two" and perhaps originally "bok atukla" meaning "second creek".
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Education
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The Tougaloo settlement in Hinds County is within the
Jackson Public School District
.
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The Tougaloo College campus includes housing for faculty,
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and dependent children living with faculty would be zoned to the
Madison County School District
.
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It is zoned to Ann Smith Elementary.
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Residents are in turn zoned to Highland Elementary School, Olde Town Middle School, and
Ridgeland High School
.
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Notable people
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Actress
Aunjanue Ellis
was raised in Tougaloo.
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citation needed
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