The Briars
The Briars is a residential area in Hinds, Mississippi. The Briars is situated nearby to Briarwood Drive Baptist Church, as well as near Grace Church of Jackson.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beth Israel Congregation and Woodland Hills Academy.
Beth Israel Congregation
Synagogue
Beth Israel Congregation is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 5315 Old Canton Road in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Organized in 1860 by Jews of German background, it is the only Jewish synagogue in Jackson. Beth Israel Congregation is situated 1½ miles east of The Briars.
Woodland Hills Academy
School
Woodland Hills Baptist Academy was a private high school in Jackson, Mississippi, established in 1969 when the Jackson School Board was ordered to desegregate following the landmark Brown v. Woodland Hills Academy is situated 1 mile southwest of The Briars.
Jackson Academy
School
Jackson Academy is a private school in Jackson, Mississippi founded by Loyal M. Bearrs in 1959. Bearrs claimed he established the school to teach using an accelerated phonics program he developed, but the school remained completely racially segregated until 1986, even forgoing tax exemption in 1970 to avoid having to accept Black students. Jackson Academy is situated 1½ miles southeast of The Briars.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ridgeland and Flowood.
Ridgeland
Ridgeland is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 24,340 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Jackson metropolitan area.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 5 miles south of The Briars.
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.
The Briars
- Type: Residential area
- Location: Hinds, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.37895° or 32° 22′ 44″ northLongitude
-90.15376° or 90° 9′ 14″ westOpen location code
864F9RHW+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1054139640OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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