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Itta Bena
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city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Leflore
- Mayor
- Mary Tyes-Williams
- Total
- 1.46 sq mi (3.77 km )
- Land
- 1.41 sq mi (3.65 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
- Elevation
- 125 ft (38 m)
- Density
- 1,190.0/sq mi (459.48/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-35260
- Website
- www .cityofittabena .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Itta Bena had a population of 1,679. The town's name is derived from the Choctaw phrase iti bina, meaning "forest camp". Itta Bena is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area. It developed as a trading center of an area of cotton plantations.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Itta Bena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.