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Meridian Essential Info

Overview

Meridian is a city in Mississippi.

Description is available from Wikitravel under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. A list of contributors is available at the original article.

Basics

Best Time To Go

Mar-Oct

Current Time

Current Weather

43 °F

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Fun Facts

  1. Approximately 3,200 baseball/softball games are hosted by the City of Meridian annually.
  2. The historic Dentzel Carousel at Highland Park is 109 years old.
  3. Jimmie Rodgers, the "Father of Country Music", was born in Meridian.
  4. Meridian has nine historic districts that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  5. The only daily newspaper printed in the city is The Meridian Star, which has been in operation since 1898.[

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