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Named after President Grover Cleveland, the town began formation in 1869 as people moved inland from the Mississippi River. The Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad ran through the town and a portion of the railroad remains there today. Early records show the community was called Fontaine in 1884 and at some point Coleman's Station. Moses W. Coleman built the first home on the bayou in the area. In 1885, it was officially named Sims after Rueben T. Sims, who owned part of the land on which the town stood. The village of Cleveland was chartered on March 25, 1886, and the United States Post Office recognized the town as such on August 5, 1887. It was Sims's son, B.C. Sims, who was responsible for the name change to Cleveland. 

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He made his home in Cleveland with his wife Virginia "Ginger" Brown, whom he married in 1967, and their son William "Will" Allen III. He took the oath of office as a district judge for the Northern District of Mississippi on July 21, 1999, having received ...
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U.S. District Judge W. Allen Pepper Jr. died Tuesday leaving Cleveland and the Mississippi Delta void of a true Southern gentleman. Pepper, a native of Belzoni, made his home in Cleveland with his wife Virginia Brown, whom he married in 1967, and their son ...
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Cleveland Orchestra Music Study Groups administrator and lecturer. Beginning one hour prior to the Friday Morning Concert on February 24, Ms. Breckenridge will give the Concert Preview talk in the Concert Hall. This series is funded by a generous endowment ...
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CLEVELAND, Mississippi - Jaime Smith scored 24 points to lead the University of Alabama-Huntsville to an easy 84-68 victory over Delta State Thursday night in a Gulf South Conference game. The 15th-ranked Chargers played one of their best halves ...
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Prairie and Cleveland counties Sunday night. The storms also brought hail and strong winds as they moved through parts of Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois and Mississippi. The storms were part of a system threatening parts of the South and Midwest overnight.
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