Guntown
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city in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Lee
- Districts
- 1, 2
- Founded
- April 13, 1866 ( 1866-04-13 )
- Incorporated
- February 16, 1867 ( 1867-02-16 )
- Named after
- James G. Gunn
- Type
- Mayor–Council
- Mayor
- Brent Lindsey ( I )
- Council
- Board of Aldermen
- Total
- 4.67 sq mi (12.10 km )
- Land
- 4.66 sq mi (12.07 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 400 ft (122 m)
- Density
- 517.2/sq mi (199.68/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−05:00 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 28-29940
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Guntown
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lee County
- Continent
- North America
- Currency
- United States dollar
- Population
- 2410
- Area
- 12.09963
- Elevation
- 122
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Image
- Guntown-City-Hall-ms.jpg
- Households
- 810
- Dialing code
- 662
- Significant event
- Battle of Brice's Cross Roads
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- postal code
- 38849
- inception
- 1866-04-13
- Commons category
- Guntown, Mississippi
- native label
- Guntown, Mississippi
- P8168
- Celentano
- water as percent of area
- 0.2528
- per capita income
- 20142
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Encyclopedic overview
Guntown, officially the City of Guntown, is a city in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It is located in the northern part of the Tupelo micropolitan area. The population was 2,410 at the 2020 Census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guntown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.