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Corinth
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city in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Alcorn
- Founded
- 1853 ( 1853 )
- Incorporated
- March 12, 1856 ( 1856-03-12 )
- Named after
- Corinth , Greece
- Mayor
- Ralph Dance ( R )
- Total
- 30.29 sq mi (78.44 km )
- Land
- 30.16 sq mi (78.12 km )
- Water
- 0.12 sq mi (0.32 km )
- Elevation
- 495 ft (151 m)
- Density
- 484.8/sq mi (187.18/km )
- Demonym
- Corinthian
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 38834–38835
- Fips code
- 28-15700
- Website
- corinthms.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Corinth
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Alcorn County
- Population
- 14622
- Area
- 78.445405
- Elevation
- 134
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Alcorn County
- Official website
- www.cityofcorinthms.com
- Image
- Landscape Downtown Corinth MS.jpg
- Households
- 6280
- Dialing code
- 662
- Significant event
- Second Battle of Corinth
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- Commons category
- Corinth, Mississippi
- inception
- 1853-00-00
- postal code
- 38835
- P8168
- Rocca Priora
- water as percent of area
- 0.4257
- per capita income
- 25305
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Corinth is a city in and the county seat of Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 14,622 at the 2020 census. Its ZIP codes are 38834 and 38835. It lies on the state line with Tennessee.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Corinth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.