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About Moorhead, MS

Moorhead is a small Delta town of 1,439 people in Mississippi's cotton country, about 90 miles northwest of Jackson via I-55 and US-82. The flat farmland stretches endlessly under big skies, with hot, humid summers and mild winters typical of the Deep South. US-82 runs right through town connecting to Greenwood and other Delta communities, while Highway 3 provides north-south access. The town sits at the historic railroad crossing made famous in blues music as "where the Southern cross the Dog."

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Moorhead, MS is in United States, at 33.449, -90.506 - about 15 km north-east of Inverness, MS.

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The closest airport to Moorhead, MS is Mid Delta Regional Airport, 63 km (about 1 h 2 min by car).

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