Vance, Mississippi
Vance is an unincorporated community in Quitman and Tallahatchie counties, Mississippi. Vance is located on Mississippi Highway 3 northeast of Tutwiler. Vance has a post office with ZIP code 38964.
History
Vance is located on Cassidy's Bayou.
Vance once had a depot on the defunct Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The community was incorporated in 1907.
Education
The Tallatachie County section is in the West Tallahatchie School District. R. H. Bearden School and West Tallahatchie High School are the local schools.
The Quitman County section is in the Quitman County School District.
Coahoma Community College is the designated community college for Tallahatchie and Quitman counties.
Notable people
- Josephine Jue, first Asian-American woman to work for NASA
- Sunnyland Slim, Delta blues musician
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vance, Mississippi
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 850.
- ^ Howe, Tony. "Vance, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
- ^ "About WTSD". West Tallahatchie School District. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
- ^ "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."
- ^ Meisenholder, Jana. "Josephine Jue: Another Hidden Figure". medium.com. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
Gallery
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Mississippi Blues Trail marker for John Lee Hooker along Mississippi Highway 3 -
Vance Post Office -
Vance Fire Department
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