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Rolling Fork, Mississippi. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Sharkey. Associated ZIP codes: 39159.
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Lee Washington of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, is an Army veteran and teacher who began crafting sculptures out of cotton-picker spindles 25 years ago.
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Rolling Fork is in Sharkey County, Mississippi.
Region: Mississippi
39159
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Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s election as the state’s first Black governor marks a historic milestone for Nevada and for a large part of the count...
Many voters in Mississippi's close Senate race said they were caught by surprise when they learned they would have to vote by affidavit because their registr...
With 99% of precincts reporting as of Wednesday morning, DeSoto County went blue, backing Democrat nominee Scott Colom over incumbent Republican Senator Cind...
In 1828, after the Choctaw were pushed out by settler pressure and government treaties, Thomas Y. Chaney became the first European-American settler in the area. He named the place Rolling Fork for the swift water at a fork in Deer Creek, and a post office was established in 1848. When Sharkey County was created during Reconstruction in 1876, Rolling Fork became its county seat.
In 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt went on a bear hunt in Sharkey County, and since 2002 Rolling Fork has marked it each October with the Great Delta Bear Affair. The blues musician Muddy Waters is among the town's notable people. Shortly after 8 p.m. on March 24, 2023, a high-end EF4 tornado with winds of 195 miles per hour tore through Rolling Fork, killing 17 people in the town and nearby Midnight and Silver City and injuring 165. Sources Wikipedia: Rolling Fork, Mississippi
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