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Claiborne

Alcorn State University

Alcorn State University is a public historically black land-grant research university adjacent to . It was founded in 1871 and was the first black land grant college established in the United States.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: comprehensive land-grant institution located northwest of Lorman, Mississippi in rural Claiborne County
  • Also known as: “Agricultural and Mechanical College in Alcorn, Mississippi”, “Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College”, and “Alcorn University”

Alcorn State University

Latitude
31.87675° or 31° 52′ 36″ north
Longitude
-91.1418° or 91° 8′ 31″ west
Population
1,120
Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)
Open location code
863CVVG5+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 357981250
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
4416017
Wiki­data ID
Q1805243
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Alcorn State University” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامعة ألكورن الحكومية”
  • Armenian: “Ալկոռնի անվան համալսարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alkorn Ştat Universiteti”
  • Belarusian: “Алкарн”
  • Belarusian: “Алкорнскі дзяржаўны ўніверсітэт”
  • Belarusian: “Універсітэт штата імя Алкарна”
  • Chinese: “艾尔康州立大学”
  • Chinese: “艾康州立大學”
  • Chinese: “艾爾康州立大學”
  • Chinese: “阿尔康州立大学”
  • Dutch: “Alcorn State University”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝtata Universitato de Alcorn”
  • French: “Alcorn State University”
  • French: “Université d’État Alcorn”
  • German: “Alcorn State University”
  • Gilaki: “آلکؤرن ٚ ايالتي دانشگاه (ميسيسيپي)”
  • Gilaki: “آلکؤرن ٚ ايالتي دانشگاه”
  • Greek: “Πολιτειακό Πανεπιστήμιο του Άλκορν”
  • Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת אלקורן”
  • Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת המדינה אלקורן”
  • Irish: “Ollscoil Stáit Alcorn”
  • Italian: “Alcorn State University”
  • Japanese: “アルコーン州立大学”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alcorn State University”
  • Norwegian: “Alcorn State University”
  • Persian: “الکورن استیت یونیورسیتی”
  • Russian: “Алкорн”
  • Russian: “Университет штата имени Алкорна”
  • Russian: “Университет штата Миссисипи имени Алкорна”
  • Serbian: “Алкорн Стејт Јуниверсити”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alcorn State University, Mississippi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alcorn State University”
  • Spanish: “Alcorn State University”
  • Swedish: “Alcorn State University”
  • Urdu: “الکورن اسٹیٹ یونیورسٹی”

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