Jackson State University
Jackson State University is an university in Hinds, Mississippi. Jackson State University is situated nearby to Chambliss Building, as well as near the town Flowood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Union Station and Chambliss Building.
Union Station
Railway station
Photo: Augiejv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Station is an intermodal transit station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is operated by the Jackson Transit System and serves Amtrak's City of New Orleans and later proposed Crescent Texas section rail line, Greyhound Lines intercity buses, and is Jackson's main city bus station. Union Station is situated 1 mile east of Jackson State University.
Chambliss Building
Building
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Chambliss Building is situated 2,100 feet east of Jackson State University.
King Edward Hotel
Hotel
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The King Edward Hotel, built in 1923 as the Edwards Hotel, is an historic hotel in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. The second of two buildings located on the site at the corner of Capitol and Mill Streets, it was closed and vacant for nearly 40 years before renovations began in 2006. King Edward Hotel is situated 1 mile east of Jackson State University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jackson and Flowood.
Jackson
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jackson is the capital of the state of Mississippi. While it may not offer much in terms of tourism today, Jackson can be used as a stopover for getting to other parts of the state or further.
Flowood
Town
Flowood is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 10,202 as of the 2020 census. A suburb of Jackson, Flowood is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located northeast of the state capital. Flowood is situated 4 miles east of Jackson State University.
Pearl
Photo: Allstarecho, CC BY 3.0.
Pearl is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, sitting on the east side of the Pearl River from the state capital, Jackson. The population was 26,000 in 2018.
Jackson State University
- Type: University
- Also known as: “Jackson College”, “Jackson College for Negro Teachers”, “Jackson State College”, “Jackson State College for Negro Teachers”, and “Mississippi Negro Training School”
- Category: education
- Location: Hinds, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.29676° or 32° 17′ 48″ northLongitude
-90.20757° or 90° 12′ 27″ westElevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
864F7QWR+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 357981216OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=universityGeoNames ID
4431476
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