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51-522: 34°15′36″N 88°40′48″W  /  34.259971°N 88.679963°W  / 34.259971; -88.679963 The Elvis Presley Birthplace is a historic museum site in Tupelo, Mississippi , dedicated to the preservation of the birthplace of American musician Elvis Presley . It is listed on the Mississippi Blues Trail . The museum site includes Presley's shotgun house birthplace,

102-667: A CW affiliate. Both stations are located on Beech Springs Road and were controlled by Frank K. Spain until his death on April 25, 2006. The Christian fundamentalist American Family Association is located in Tupelo, and operates the national American Family Radio network and the OneNewsNow news service. Tupelo is served by BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway for freight transportation via rail. U.S. Route 45 , U.S. Route 78 , U.S. Route 278 , and Natchez Trace Parkway run through Tupelo; Interstate 22 runs north of

153-594: A Prohibition -era gangster, took place on November 30, 1932, at the Citizen's State Bank in Tupelo; his gang netted $ 38,000 ($ 849,000 in current dollar terms). After the robbery, the bank's chief teller said of Kelly, "He was the kind of guy that, if you looked at him, you would never thought he was a bank robber." During the Great Depression , Tupelo was electrified by the new Tennessee Valley Authority , which had constructed dams and power plants throughout

204-573: A tornado emergency to be issued by the National Weather Service . Tupelo is located in northeast Mississippi, north of Columbus , on Interstate 22 and U.S. Route 78 , midway between Memphis, Tennessee (northwest) and Birmingham, Alabama (southeast). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 51.4 square miles (133 km ), of which 51.1 square miles (132 km )

255-505: A bank robbery, possibly the first officer killed in the line of duty in the department's history. President Donald Trump visited the city of Tupelo twice, in 2018 and 2019. He held a campaign rally for Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith on November 26, 2018, at the Tupelo Regional Airport . Nearly one year later, the president returned to Tupelo to hold another rally (this time for Governor Tate Reeves ) on November 1, 2019, at

306-823: A deep connection to Mississippi's music history , being known as the birthplace of Elvis Presley . The city is home to multiple art and cultural institutions, including the Elvis Presley Birthplace and the 10,000-seat Cadence Bank Arena , the largest multipurpose indoor arena in Mississippi. Tupelo is the only city in the Southern United States to be named an All-America City five times, most recently in 2015. Its Main Street program, Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association,

357-415: A householder not living alone. In addition, 39.7% of householders were living with related children under 18 and 60.3% with no related children under 18. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.08. The median income for a household in the city was $ 39,415. The poverty rate was 20%. Historically, Tupelo served as a regional transportation hub, primarily due to its location at

408-497: A low at or below freezing, and 67 days with a high at or above 90 °F (32 °C) per year. The all-time record low is −14 °F (−26 °C), set on January 27, 1940, while the all-time record high is 109 °F (43 °C), set on July 29, 1930. However, temperatures at or below 0 °F (−18 °C) are rare, having last occurred December 23, 1989, the date of the all-time record low for December; additionally, while highs can reach 100 °F (38 °C) several days

459-563: A museum, a chapel, and the Assembly of God Church building where the Presley family worshiped. Elvis' parents, Vernon and Gladys, experienced financial hardship and had to move from the home when Elvis was a few years old for lack of payment. Vernon and Gladys worked various jobs while in Tupelo and moved several times during the thirteen years they resided in Mississippi. In 1936, a catastrophic tornado struck eight miles (13 km) outside

510-517: A railroad intersection. More recently, it has developed as strong tourism and hospitality sector based around the Elvis Presley birthplace and Natchez Trace . The city has also been successful at attracting manufacturing, retail and distribution operations (see 'Industry' section below). Tupelo's current mayor is Todd Jordan. The Tupelo Council is made up of seven representatives, each elected from single-member districts . They annually elect

561-579: A regional manufacturing and distribution center and was once considered a hub of the American furniture manufacturing industry. Although many of Tupelo's manufacturing industries have declined since the 1990s, the city has continued to grow due to strong healthcare, retail, and financial service industries. Tupelo is the smallest city in the United States that is the headquarters of more than one bank with over $ 10 billion in assets. Tupelo has

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612-626: A row during severe heat waves, several years may pass between such readings. Precipitation is high, averaging 57.74 inches (1,467 mm) annually. On average, December is the single wettest month, and February through May are also especially wet; September and October are the driest months. The rainiest calendar day on record is March 21, 1955 when 9.40 inches (239 mm) of rain fell; monthly precipitation has ranged from trace amounts in August 1983 to 19.89 inches (505 mm) in December 1982. Snow

663-531: A school-owned Google Chromebook to use during the school year. In 2008, Sports Illustrated ranked the high school athletic department as the third-best high school athletic program in the nation. Tupelo High School is the largest public high school in Mississippi with a total of 1,931 students enrolled during the 2018–2019 school year. Some portions of Tupelo are zoned to the Lee County School District . For post-secondary education,

714-475: A seemingly isolated village at Ogoula Tchetoka (part of Chuckalissa, or Old Town in present-day northwest Tupelo, Mississippi ) with 130 French regulars and militia and 366 Iroquois , Quapaw , Miami , and Illinois warriors. The day was 'Palm Sunday', March 25. Leaving 30 French behind to guard supplies, d'Artaguette's northern force attacked with 'great vigor' but was pinned down, routed, and furiously pursued, and its baggage train of valuable shot and powder

765-668: A single one; that our troops heavily clad marched with too slow a step and so close together that it was impossible for the Chickasaws to fire without killing some of them and wounding several.' The Chickasaw were amply equipped with English arms via a trade route from the English and small Chickasaw settlements in South Carolina and Georgia. Their rectangular palisade forts with loopholed walls were complemented by round fortified houses, also with loopholes. With this technology

816-617: Is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km ) (0.62%) is water. Like the rest of the state, Tupelo has a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa in the Köppen climate classification ); it is part of USDA hardiness zone 7b. The normal monthly mean temperature ranges from 43.4 °F (6.3 °C) in January to 82.3 °F (27.9 °C) in July, while, on average, there are 3.0 days where the temperature stays at or below freezing, 55 days with

867-473: Is subject to tornadoes. On May 8, 2008 , one rated an EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale struck the town. On April 28, 2014 , another large EF3 tornado struck Tupelo and the surrounding communities, causing significant damage. On the night of May 2, 2021 , two EF1 tornadoes formed near town with the second being a large tornado that directly struck the northwest side of downtown, prompting

918-408: Is uncommon, with many years receiving trace amounts or no snowfall at all, and normal (1981–2010) winter snowfall stands at 2.1 inches (5.3 cm). The most snow in one calendar day was 8.0 inches (20 cm) on January 24, 1940, contributing to the 9.2 inches (23 cm) that fell that month, the snowiest on record; the snowiest winter was 1935–36 with 14.8 inches (38 cm). As of

969-439: The 2020 United States Census , there were 37,923 people, 14,751 households, and 9,648 families residing in the city. As of the census of 2010, there were 35,456 people, 13,602 households, and 8,965 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 58.7% White , 36.8% African American , 0.1% Native American , 1.0% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 2.0% from other races , and 1.4% from two or more races. 3.5% of

1020-620: The BancorpSouth Arena . These campaign rallies were broadcast on national television and received attention from news networks, such as CNN and Fox News . The spring of 1936 brought Tupelo one of its worst-ever natural disasters, part of the Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak of April 5–6 in that year. The storm leveled 48 city blocks and over 200 homes, killing 216 people and injuring more than 700 persons. It struck at night, destroying large residential areas on

1071-577: The Illinois Country and proceeded with great expedition to Chickasaw Bluff at present-day Memphis. Despite failing to meet promised detachments under de Monchervaux and de Grandpré, he resumed his march with Chicagou and de Vincennes to the Chickasaw lands, only to be advised by courier that the southern army was late and that he should act according to his own judgement. Unable or unwilling to wait any longer, d'Artaguette arrived before

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1122-687: The Tupelo National Battlefield , the battlefield is administered by the National Park Service (NPS). In addition, the Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield , about ten miles north, commemorates another American Civil War battle. After the war, a cross-state railroad for northern Mississippi was constructed through the town, which encouraged industry and growth. With expansion, the town changed its name to Tupelo, in honor of

1173-538: The British in South Carolina. A contemporary memoir by Dumont de Montigny mistakenly reported this battle as taking place on May 20, 1736, leading to confusion in many later accounts. Ackia (in present-day south Tupelo, Mississippi ) was attacked by the Southern force. The French contingent, including grenadiers, regulars, Swiss, and various companies of militia, assembled at Mobile throughout March 1736. Starting

1224-461: The Chickasaw invincibly maintained their homeland against relentless pressure from the French and Choctaw, including a repeat campaign in 1739 and numerous small attacks by Choctaws for the next 20 years. A village once thought to possess archaeological remains of Ackia battleground was made a U.S. National Monument in 1938. The National Park Service realized only a few years after establishment of

1275-678: The Fooks' Chevrolet dealership. In 1953, it moved to space over Biggs Furniture Store. A synagogue building was dedicated in 1957, with then-Mayor James Ballard giving the remarks. Into the late 1950s several long-distance trains served Tupelo. These included the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 's Gulf Coast Rebel (St. Louis - Mobile) and the Frisco Railroad 's Kansas City-Florida Special (Kansas City - Memphis - Jacksonville), Memphian (Memphis - Birmingham) and its Sunnyland (Kansas City to

1326-539: The French fell back 'without having been able to make the slightest breach' in the fortress at the point of attack. During the night the Chickasaws further improved their position by razing surrounding cabins and vegetation. The French, short of ammunition and provisions, and worried that they could not carry any more wounded, and with no information from d'Artaguette, retreated the way they came having lost roughly two hundred men (roughly 100 killed and 100 wounded) in an ultimately futile campaign. B. F. French stated 'The war

1377-584: The Gulf Coast. At times, the European powers came into armed conflict. On May 26, 1736, the Battle of Ackia was fought near the site of present-day Tupelo; British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia. The French, under Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville , governor of French Louisiana , had sought to link Louisiana with Acadia and

1428-628: The Indians with a proper sense of respect and duty toward us.' He planned coordinated operations by two forces: one under Pierre d'Artaguette , commander of the Illinois District of Louisiana, from the North; and a larger army under himself from the South. These forces were to meet 'at the Chickasaw villages' on March 31, 1736. D'Artaguette at Fort de Chartres collected detachments throughout

1479-597: The Mississippi culminated in the Chickasaw Wars . Since 1716, the French and Choctaw had united against the Natchez in an overt campaign of destruction. By 1736, the Natchez were killed or scattered, with many of them taking refuge among the Chickasaw. Bienville wanted to destroy these Natchez remnants, and reduce the Chickasaw: 'It is absolutely necessary that some bold and remarkable blow be struck, to impress

1530-558: The National Monument that Ackia and the battle were not located there, and it was absorbed into the Natchez Trace Parkway in 1961. It is now called 'Chickasaw Village.' Research 25 years later, however, determined that the actual site of Ackia and its neighboring villages are in a developed area of south Tupelo. A subdivision called 'Lee Acres' covers the site of the 1736 Battle of Ackia, cited by historians as

1581-423: The battle. It was incorporated in 1870. By the early twentieth century the town had become a site of cotton textile mills , which provided new jobs for residents of the rural area. Under the state's segregation practices, the mills employed only white adults and children. Reformers documented the child workers and attempted to protect them through labor laws. The last known bank robbery by Machine Gun Kelly ,

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1632-447: The campaign disastrously.' Atkinson described as 'stupid' the frontal assaults against positions that were practically invincible. A Frenchman's relation of the observations of a Choctaw chief named Red Shoes is quoted by Atkinson: 'The French did not know at all the way to carry on war; we had been able to take only a little village of thirty of forty men; that on the contrary we had lost many men without being able to say that we had killed

1683-475: The city , killing hundreds but sparing the Presley's house, and the family was unharmed. Tupelo, Mississippi Tupelo ( / ˈ t uː p ə l oʊ / TOO -pə-loh ) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi , United States. Founded in 1860, the population was 37,923 at the 2020 census . It is the 7th most populous city in Mississippi and is considered a commercial, industrial, and cultural hub of northern Mississippi . Tupelo

1734-724: The city has satellite campuses of the University of Mississippi , Itawamba Community College , and the Mississippi University for Women . The local daily newspaper is the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal . Tupelo is also served by the weekly Lee County Courier . Tupelo is home to three television stations serving the 133rd-ranked designated market area among 210 markets nationwide as determined by Nielsen Media Research : WTVA (9), an NBC and ABC affiliate; and WLOV (27),

1785-451: The city on an east–west route. The city is served by Tupelo Regional Airport , with service on Contour Airlines . Battle of Ackia The French empire of New France extended from New Orleans in the south to Canada in the north. Its unity was disrupted only by the presence of hostile Natchez and Chickasaw tribes in the lower Mississippi River valley. The French effort to reduce these hostile tribes and gain free passage along

1836-551: The city's north side. Among the survivors was Elvis Presley , then a baby. Obliterating the Gum Pond neighborhood, the tornado dropped most of the victims' bodies in the pond. The storm has since been rated F5 on the Fujita scale . The Tupelo Tornado is recognized as one of the deadliest in U.S. history. The Mississippi State Geologist estimated a final death toll of 233 persons, but 100 whites were still reported as hospitalized at

1887-466: The combined army continued upriver and reached the vicinity of present-day Amory, Mississippi , on May 22. Quickly fortifying a base camp to protect the supplies and boats, essential for its return, the army departed on May 24 for the nearest Chickasaw village, located about 20 miles across the prairie to the northwest. On May 26, the army approached three fortified hilltop villages, named Ackia, Tchoukafalaya, and Apeony, collectively called Long Town. As

1938-537: The first of April, the French proceeded by boat with little loss 270 river miles up the Tombigbee River. On April 23, the army reached its forward depot at Fort Tombecbé (which had been prepared at present-day Jones Bluff, Sumter County, Alabama , in anticipation of this campaign), and there mustered 544 European and 45 African men, excluding officers, before being met up-river by a 600 man Choctaw contingent. Departing Fort Tombecbé on May 4 by boat and on foot,

1989-444: The flanks. Avoiding Apeony, where a trader's cabin flew a British flag, the force stormed Ackia under cover of large shields or mats called mantelets . The French immediately received 'a shower of balls' from the Chickasaw fortifications, and the mantelets proved to be ineffective. The attack became pinned down on the side of the hill with steadily mounting casualties. Several outlying cabins were taken, but after several hours' combat

2040-689: The other northern colonies of New France . In the early 19th century, after years of trading and encroachment by European-American settlers from the United States, conflicts increased as the US settlers tried to gain land from these nations. In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act and authorized the relocation of all the Southeast Native Americans to federal territory west of the Mississippi River , which

2091-407: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. According to the 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, there were 13,395 households, 42.8% were married couples living together, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 22.5% had a female householder with no husband present. 32.2% were non-family households, with 28.4% had a householder living alone and 3.8% having

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2142-639: The president of the council on a rotating basis. In 2021, the President of the Tupelo City Council is Travis Beard. Other council members are Janet Gaston, Rosie Jones, Chad Mims, Buddy Palmer, Lynn Bryan, and Nettie Davis. Tupelo Public School District is the school district for the vast majority of Tupelo. It participates in the Chromebook Distribution Policy, which means students in grades 6 to 12 are each given

2193-708: The region to generate hydroelectric power for the large, rural area. The distribution infrastructure was built with federal assistance as well, employing many local workers. In 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt visited this "First TVA City". Tupelo had only 20 Jewish residents at the beginning of the Great Depression, out of 20,000 total residents. Temple B'nai Israel was established in Tupelo in 1939. The congregation first met in Tupelo City Hall. It later rented space on South Spring Street above

2244-410: The time. Because the white newspapers did not publish news about blacks until the 1940s and 1950s, historians have had difficulty learning the fates of blacks injured in the tornado. Based on this, historians now estimate the death toll was higher than in official records. Fire broke out at the segregated Lee County Training School, which was destroyed. Its bricks were salvaged for other uses. The area

2295-527: The villages came into view it became apparent that a British flag flew over one of them. As they got closer the French saw a number of Englishmen among the Chickasaws. After this discovery, the Chevalier de Noyan, Bienville's nephew, urged an immediate attack. After some debate the army advanced to attack, with the French contingent in typically European order, and the Choctaw noisily but reluctantly covering

2346-493: The west; sections east to Birmingham and Pensacola). The Frisco's Southland ceased running on December 9, 1967, marking the last passenger train in northeast Mississippi. In 2007, the nearby village of Blue Springs was selected as the site for Toyota 's 11th automobile manufacturing plant in the United States. In 2013 Gale Stauffer of the Tupelo Police Department died in a set up ambush following

2397-583: Was incorporated in 1870. The area had earlier been settled as "Gum Pond" along the Mobile and Ohio Railroad . On February 7, 1934, Tupelo became the first city to receive power from the Tennessee Valley Authority , thus giving it the nickname "The First TVA City". Much of the city was devastated by a major tornado in 1936 that still ranks as one of the deadliest tornadoes in American history. Following electrification, Tupelo boomed as

2448-617: Was captured. Surviving remnants scattered back to meet the belated de Monchervaux on the return trail; Bienville wrote that, without the firm resistance given by the Iroquois and Quapaw, not a single Frenchman would have survived. According to French reports, twenty-one of the French were captured of whom nineteen, including d'Artaguette thrice wounded in battle, were executed by burning, some of whom were already dead when thrown into large fires. Two Frenchmen were held in hope of exchange for an imprisoned Chickasaw chief, but were eventually sent to

2499-456: Was completed by the end of the 1830s. In the early years of settlement, European-Americans named this town "Gum Pond", supposedly due to its numerous tupelo trees, known locally as "blackgum". The city still hosts the annual Gumtree Arts Festival. During the Civil War , Union and Confederate forces fought in the area in 1864 in the Battle of Tupelo or battle of oldtown Creek. Designated

2550-468: Was rashly brought and rashly conducted. Bienville entered the enemy's country without any means of siege, made one attack on a fort, and then, without attempting by scouts to open a communication with D'Artaguette, whom he had ordered to meet him in the Chickasaw country on the 10th of May [sic], or making any attempt to give him proper orders, without even taking one Chickasaw prisoner to get any information of D'Artaguette's proceedings, he retreated, and ended

2601-595: Was the winner of the national Main Street 's Great American Main Street Award in 2020. The Tupelo micropolitan area contains Lee, Itawamba , and Pontotoc counties and had a population of 140,081 in 2017. Indigenous peoples, including the Chickasaw and Choctaw , occupied the area prior to European settlement. The French and British traded with these indigenous peoples and tried to form alliances with them. The French established towns in Mississippi mostly on

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