Tougaloo, Mississippi | |
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  Tougaloo, Mississippi  Tougaloo, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates:32°23′52″N90°09′32″W / 32.39778°N 90.15889°W /32.39778; -90.15889 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Hinds |
| Elevation | 350 ft (107 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39174 |
| Area code(s) | 601,769 |
| GNIS feature ID | 678828[1] |
Tougaloo (TUG-a-lu) is an area inJackson and inHinds County, Mississippi.[2] ItsZIP Code, 39174, is assigned to the area encompassingTougaloo College, which is inMadison County.[3]
TheU.S. Postal Service operates the Tougaloo Post Office.[4]
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".[5]
The Tougaloo settlement in Hinds County is within theJackson Public School District.[6]
The Tougaloo College campus includes housing for faculty,[7] and dependent children living with faculty on campus would be zoned to theMadison County School District.[8] It is zoned to Ann Smith Elementary.[9] Residents are in turn zoned to Highland Elementary School, Olde Town Middle School, andRidgeland High School.[10]
ActressAunjanue Ellis was raised in Tougaloo.[citation needed]
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Jackson Preparatory School serves the Jackson area but is in nearbyFlowood. | |||||||||
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| Footnotes | ‡ This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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