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Carthage
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city in Leake County, Mississippi, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Leake
- Mayor
- Laurie Henderson
- Total
- 9.34 sq mi (24.19 km )
- Land
- 9.29 sq mi (24.07 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
- Elevation
- 351 ft (107 m)
- Density
- 527.4/sq mi (203.63/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-11780
- Gnis feature id
- 0668123
- Website
- www .cityofcarthage .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Carthage
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Leake County
- Population
- 4901
- Area
- 24.182963
- Elevation
- 107
- Capital of
- Leake County
- Image
- Leake County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 1521
- Dialing code
- 601
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- postal code
- 39051
- P8168
- 1964–65 1.Lig
- water as percent of area
- 0.5377
- different from
- Carthage
- per capita income
- 18628
- Commons category
- Carthage, Mississippi
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
The city of Carthage is the county seat of Leake County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Carthage had a population of 4,901.
Carthage is home to the Carthage Historic District including the Leake County Courthouse, a Mississippi Landmark. The largest chicken processing plant in the world is located in Carthage.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carthage” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.