Marcus Johnson

The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as... well as the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. It also operates the University of Mississippi Field Station in Abbeville. Additionally, it is both a sea-grant and space-grant institute. Sixty-nine percent of undergraduates are from Mississippi and nineteen percent of all students are minorities. International students come from sixty-six nations. Ole Miss is the largest university in the state of Mississippi with a total enrollment of 20,844 in fall 2011. The Oxford campus is the second largest main campus in the state with a fall 2011 enrollment of 16,586. The Mississippi Legislature chartered Ole Miss on February 24, 1844. The university opened its doors to its first class of 80 students four years later in 1848. For 23 years, Ole Miss was Mississippi's only public institution of higher learning, and for 110 years it was the state's only comprehensive university.
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Coffeeville is a town in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 930 at the 2000 census. It is named after John Coffee , a planter and military leader. Coffeeville is located at 33°58′40″N 89°40′38″W / 33.97778°N... 89.67722°W / 33.97778; -89.67722 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.2 square miles , all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 930 people, 401 households, and 261 families residing in the town. The population density was 423.4 people per square mile . There were 464 housing units at an average density of 211.3 per square mile . The racial makeup of the town was 54.52% African American, 44.84% White, 0.32% Native American, and 0.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.83% of the population. There were 401 households out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 21.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.
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