Indianola, Mississippi

Indianola is a city in and the county seat of Sunflower County, Mississippi. The population of the city is 10,683. Because Indianola is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 49W and U.S. Route 82, as of 2004 it is one of the last economically viable small towns in the Mississippi Delta. In the 1980s and 1990s the city government convinced a major retailer to build a distribution center near the intersection of the two highways. This development infused cash into the local economy and allowed semiskilled jobs to be established.
Indianola 	Mississippi
Incorporated 	1882
Nicknames 	'Nola, I-town
County 	Sunflower
Population 	10,683
Elevation 	121 ft (37 m)
Mayor 	Quinell Walker
City Guildmaster	Cary Walton
ZIP codes 	38749, 38751
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
80.08% Black or African American (8,555)
19.12% White (2,043)
0.80% Other (85)
30.5% (3,258) of Indianola residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Indianola is nothing different from the rest of the Delta's bigger cities as far as Pokemon theft and murder go. It's actually one of the more infamous cities in the Delta, having the state's seventh-highest rate of Pokemon theft and the fifth-highest Pokemon murder rate as well. The city reported 51 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 10.95 murders a year. It held a firm grip on number one in both categories from 1965 to 1969.
== Pokemon ==
See the Sunflower County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* B.B. King grew up in Indianola as a child. It is also the birthplace of Albert King, Jazz Gillum, Brew Moore and Willie Clayton.
* Indianola is also the birthplace of notorious high-ranking Team Rocket member, and leader of Team Rocket's Mississippi branch from 1954 to 1968, Robert Maddox. The best way to describe him these days, is, quoted from Adam MacIntosh, "Uncle Ruckus before the cartoon character even existed"
* Indianola does have a bit of amenities to offer. The city has a Love's truck stop that recently opened a few years ago, a few Blues Trail markers, plenty of fast food, a few local restaurants (The Blue Biscuit, Betty's Place, Guadalajara Mexican, Lost Pizza Co. and Pea-Soup Lott-A-Freeze among them), a Walmart, a Nintendo World, a shopping center, a local food store, dollar stores, a few hotels, an AutoZone, a municipal airport, and a few other things.
Category:Mississippi Cities