Brazil, Mississippi Explained
| Official Name: | Brazil, Mississippi |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tallahatchie |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 154 |
| Coordinates: | 34.0264°N -90.2806°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 38963 |
| Area Code: | 662 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 667534 |
Brazil is an unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Brazil is on Mississippi Highway 321 approximately 8miles north of Webb and 12miles south of Lambert.
The community is also known as Lay and Stover.[1]
Transportation
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, to the north.
Education
Brazil is in the West Tallahatchie School District.[2] R. H. Bearden School and West Tallahatchie High School are the local schools.
It was previously a part of the Brazil Consolidated School District.[3] Brazil formerly had its own school, with the final building built for $50,000 in 1936.[4]
Notes and References
- News: Notice of Sale. The Sumner Sentinel. 1965-09-16. 4. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. Accessed 5 July 2023.
- Web site: About WTSD. West Tallahatchie School District. 2021-05-20.
- News: [...]State of Mississippi, in witness whereof[...]. The Sun-Sentinel. Charleston, Mississippi. 1924-07-17. 5. 15. 2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. Accessed 5 July 2023.
- News: Notice to Contractors. The Greenwood Commonwealth.
- News: Brazil School to be Erected Soon. The Clarksdale Press Register. 1936-09-25. 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."
- News: Brazil School to Close. The Sumner Sentinel. 1965-06-17. 1. 56. 49. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. Accessed 5 July 2023. In the 1940s, the district made plans to build an expansion.[4] ]|date=1947-02-24|page=4}} - Clipping from Newspapers.com. The previous Brazil school was destroyed by a fire.[5] Due to underenrollment, as the school had 40 students registered in 1965, it was closed that year. and the building put up for sale by the school district.
Coahoma Community College is the designated community college.[6]
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