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Roxie was founded in 1886 on a plot of farmland donated by John Quincy Adams Graves, who was the County
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920:"Tiger Talk: Tidbits from Roxie School"
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981:"Classic Delta and Deep South Blues"
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736:National Register of Historic Places
640:Roxie racial composition as of 2020
393:, and west 22 miles (35 km) to
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96:Location in the United States
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908:. Rootsweb. August 18, 2005.
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1195:Categories
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715:As of the
303:feature ID
211:Population
112:31°30′19″N
1133:Knoxville
1123:Eddiceton
1086:Meadville
1063:Meadville
752:Education
387:Meadville
373:Geography
367:Meadville
338:Civil War
291:FIPS code
279:Area code
233:Time zone
203:Elevation
988:Archived
828:July 24,
778:Cat Iron
698:Hispanic
350:and the
295:28-64080
267:ZIP code
168:Franklin
115:91°4′2″W
1153:Quentin
1128:Hamburg
940:June 4,
861:June 5,
679:62.05%
665:36.25%
395:Natchez
331:History
306:0694621
141:Country
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702:Latino
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651:Perc.
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418:Census
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1091:Roxie
1073:Towns
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648:Num.
645:Race
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313:Roxie
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261:(CDT)
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151:State
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