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Place Name
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Brandon
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Rankin County
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Population
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11,077 (1990)
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Location
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Rankin County, Mississippi (MS), United States, North America
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Latitude
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32°16'N
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Longitude
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90°00'W
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Brandon
, city (1990 pop. 11,077), 
Rankin co., central Miss., suburb 13 mi/21 km
E of Jackson; 32°16'N 90°00'W. In agr. (cotton, soybeans, corn,
sweet potatoes, vegetables, potatoes) and timber area; mfg. (fabricated
metal and plastic prods., carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, wood
prods., transportation equip.; machining). Natural-gas field in
vicinity. Allen C. Thompson Airport to W. Ross Barnett Reservoir, on
Pearl R., to N.
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