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Vance is an unincorporated community in Quitman and Tallahatchie counties, Mississippi.[1] Vance is located on Mississippi Highway 3 northeast of Tutwiler. Vance has a post office with ZIP code 38964.[2]

Education

The Tallatachie County section is in the West Tallahatchie School District.[3] R. H. Bearden School and West Tallahatchie High School are the local schools.

The Quitman County section is in the Quitman County School District.

Coahoma Community College is the designated community college for Tallahatchie and Quitman counties.[4]

Notable people

Blues musician Sunnyland Slim was born on a farm near Vance.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vance, Mississippi
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  3. ^ "About WTSD". West Tallahatchie School District. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Student Residency" (Archive). Coahoma Community College. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. "Out-of-District Resident: A student who does not live within Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties but does live in some other county in Mississippi."

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