Editing McComb, Mississippi

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| leader_name        = Quordiniah Lockley ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-20 |title=Democrat elected mayor as black officials win board majority |url=https://apnews.com/general-news-005cb87013524aab9bf2ff45e4d3efe2 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lockley FelderIsaac win nominations; Bates elected |url=https://www.enterprise-journal.com/top-stories-elections-local-content/lockley-isaac-win-nominations |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=The Enterprise Journal |language=en}}</ref>
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'''McComb''' is a city in [[Pike County, Mississippi|Pike County]], [[Mississippi]], United States. The city is approximately {{convert|80|mi|km}} south of [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the city had a total population of 12,790.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-26.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019105532/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-26.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=live|date=2012-08-14|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=8 July 2018 |title=Mississippi: 2010}}</ref> It is the principal city of the McComb, Mississippi [[McComb micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
===19th century===
[[File:2542 Steam Locomotive - McComb MS.jpg|thumb|right|A Steam Locomotive on Display in McComb]]
McComb was founded in 1872 after Henry Simpson McComb of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, a predecessor of the [[Illinois Central Railroad]] (now part of the [[Canadian National Railway]]), decided to move the railroad's maintenance shops away from [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], to avoid the attractions of that city's bars.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

The railroad purchased land in Pike County. Three nearby communities, Elizabethtown, Burglund, and Harveytown, agreed to consolidate to form this town. Main Street developed with the downtown's shops, attractions, and business.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

===20th century===
The rail center in McComb was one of flashpoints in the violent [[Illinois Central shopmen's strike of 1911]].  Riots took place here that resulted in many injuries, at least three black strikebreakers killed, and authorities bringing in state militia to suppress the emergency soon after the strike started on September 30.<ref>{{cite book|title=Industrial Relations: Final Report and Testimony, United States Commission on Industrial Relations|date=1916|pages=9714–9719|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4aMsAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9714|access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref>

During the 1960s, McComb and nearby areas were the sites of extreme violence by [[KKK]] and other white supremacist opponents to the [[Civil Rights Movement]]. In 1961, [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee|SNCC]] conducted its first voter registration project in Mississippi in this city. White officials and local [[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]] members countered it with violence and intimidation to suppress black voters.

In 1961, [[Brenda Travis]], Robert Talbert, and Ike Lewis were arrested for staging a sit in at a Greyhound station. They were charged with trespassing and kept in jail for 28 days. Following their release, Travis was expelled from school. In response to the expulsion and the murder of Herbert Lee, 115 students staged a walk out on October 4, 1961, known as the [[Brenda Travis|Burglund High School Walk Out]]. At the walk out, many students were beaten by the police and arrested. Students continued protesting by refusing to return to school until Travis was allowed to reenroll. As a result, they too were expelled. The 16 seniors who participated were unable to graduate. Travis' fate for participating in the march was more serious. Travis was arrested, again, and sent to a state juvenile facility without a trial. After {{frac|6|1|2}} months, Travis was released by the governor and exiled from Mississippi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Better Late Than Never|url=http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2006/jun/28/better-late-than-never/|last=Collier|first=Natalie A.|website=www.jacksonfreepress.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Burglund High School students walkout|url=https://snccdigital.org/events/burglund-high-school-student-walkout/|website=SNCC Digital Gateway|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Brenda Travis|url=https://snccdigital.org/people/brenda-travis/|website=SNCC Digital Gateway|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>

After whites severely beat several staff members, staff members being jailed for their involvement with the walkout, and receiving backlash from the community for putting students on the "frontlines", SNCC pulled out of the region in early 1962. They moved north in Mississippi to work in slightly less dangerous conditions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SNCC leaves McComb|url=https://snccdigital.org/events/sncc-leaves-mccomb/|website=SNCC Digital Gateway|language=en|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref>

In 1964, civil rights activists began the Mississippi Project and what would be called [[Freedom Summer]], with teams returning to southwest Mississippi. They sang, "We'll Never Turn Back." SNCC members of the [[Council of Federated Organizations]] (COFO) returned to McComb in mid-July 1964 to work on voter registration. From late August 1964 through September, after passage of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], McComb was the site of eleven bombings directed against African Americans.<ref name="cummings">[http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1964/9/30/11-new-bombings-continue-long-legacy/ Peter Cummings, "11 New Bombings Continue Long Legacy of Violence In Southwestern Mississippi", First of three articles], ''The Crimson (Harvard)'', 30 September 1964, accessed 11 January 2015</ref> [[Malcolm Boyd]] took part of [[COFO]]'s Freedom House as a member of a clerical delegation to assist African-American voter registration.

The following summer, Congress passed the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] authorizing federal oversight and enforcement to enable blacks to register and vote again in the South. In Mississippi, most blacks had been [[Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era|disenfranchised]] since 1890. Even with enforcement, it took time to overcome local white resistance to black voting.

On January 10, 1975, during the [[Great Storm of 1975]], an F4 tornado caused major damage to 38 blocks in the city, severely damaging or destroying many homes, businesses, vehicles, and trees within the town and surrounding areas along the tornado's track. The tornado killed 9 people and injured 210 others along its {{convert|56.5|mi|km|adj=mid}} path.<ref>{{cite journal |ref={{harvid|Storm Data|1975}} |author1=[[National Weather Service]] |date=January 1975 |title=Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena |journal=[[Storm Data]] |volume=17 |issue=1 |publisher=National Climatic Data Center |location=[[Asheville, North Carolina]]|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/sd/sd.html}}</ref>{{rp|pages=|page=10}}

On October 20, 1977, a chartered plane carrying members and crew of rock band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] crashed in a swamp near McComb, killing lead singer [[Ronnie Van Zant]], guitarist [[Steve Gaines]], Steve's sister [[Cassie Gaines|Cassie]] (a backup singer), road manager Dean Kilpatrick, as well as both  pilots.

===21st century===
In 2006, Zach Patterson was elected as McComb's first African American mayor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cybercoe.army.mil/SIGNALSCH/OCOS/HISTORY/notable_zach_patterson.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524142703/https://cybercoe.army.mil/SIGNALSCH/OCOS/HISTORY/notable_zach_patterson.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2021|title=Mayor of Mc Comb, Mississippi - Zach Patterson|publisher=U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}</ref>

In 2018, voters in the city of McComb elected Quordiniah Lockley as mayor, and for the first time elected a city board consisting of an African American majority.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/005cb87013524aab9bf2ff45e4d3efe2|title=Democrat elected mayor as black officials win board majority|publisher=Associated Press|date=June 20, 2018|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wdsu.com/article/2-city-ex-workers-in-mississippi-say-they-were-fired-because-they-are-white/29049147|title=2 city ex-workers in Mississippi say they were fired because they are white|agency=Associated Press|publisher=[[WDSU]]|date=September 14, 2019|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|11.6|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|11.6|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (0.54%) is water.

===Climate===
The climate in McComb is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, McComb has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=81237&cityname=McComb,+Mississippi,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=McComb, Mississippi Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase|access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref>

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|location = McComb, Mississippi ([[McComb–Pike County Airport]]), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1948–present
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 86
|Feb record high F = 85
|Mar record high F = 88
|Apr record high F = 95
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 103
|Jul record high F = 105
|Aug record high F = 106
|Sep record high F = 105
|Oct record high F = 99
|Nov record high F = 87
|Dec record high F = 84

|Jan avg record high F = 75.6
|Feb avg record high F = 78.9
|Mar avg record high F = 83.8
|Apr avg record high F = 86.4
|May avg record high F = 91.9
|Jun avg record high F = 96.0
|Jul avg record high F = 97.3
|Aug avg record high F = 97.5
|Sep avg record high F = 94.7
|Oct avg record high F = 89.7
|Nov avg record high F = 82.1
|Dec avg record high F = 77.5
|year avg record high F = 98.9

|Jan high F = 59.8
|Feb high F = 64.2
|Mar high F = 71.0
|Apr high F = 77.0
|May high F = 84.1
|Jun high F = 89.4
|Jul high F = 91.0
|Aug high F = 91.1
|Sep high F = 87.2
|Oct high F = 79.1
|Nov high F = 68.6
|Dec high F = 61.7
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|Jan mean F = 49.1
|Feb mean F = 53.0
|Mar mean F = 59.5
|Apr mean F = 65.5
|May mean F = 73.1
|Jun mean F = 79.2
|Jul mean F = 81.1
|Aug mean F = 81.0
|Sep mean F = 76.9
|Oct mean F = 67.5
|Nov mean F = 56.9
|Dec mean F = 51.1
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|Jan low F = 38.4
|Feb low F = 41.9
|Mar low F = 47.9
|Apr low F = 54.0
|May low F = 62.1
|Jun low F = 68.9
|Jul low F = 71.1
|Aug low F = 70.9
|Sep low F = 66.6
|Oct low F = 55.9
|Nov low F = 45.3
|Dec low F = 40.6
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|Jan avg record low F = 20.9
|Feb avg record low F = 25.5
|Mar avg record low F = 29.5
|Apr avg record low F = 37.2
|May avg record low F = 47.9
|Jun avg record low F = 60.6
|Jul avg record low F = 66.3
|Aug avg record low F = 64.8
|Sep avg record low F = 54.3
|Oct avg record low F = 38.3
|Nov avg record low F = 28.9
|Dec avg record low F = 25.0
|year avg record low F = 19.2

|Jan record low F = 2
|Feb record low F = 8
|Mar record low F = 14
|Apr record low F = 28
|May record low F = 35
|Jun record low F = 46
|Jul record low F = 56
|Aug record low F = 55
|Sep record low F = 39
|Oct record low F = 27
|Nov record low F = 16
|Dec record low F = 4

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 6.40
|Feb precipitation inch = 5.13
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.51
|Apr precipitation inch = 5.02
|May precipitation inch = 4.55
|Jun precipitation inch = 5.18
|Jul precipitation inch = 5.95
|Aug precipitation inch = 5.83
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.30
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.79
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.91
|Dec precipitation inch = 5.03
|year precipitation inch = 60.60

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|Feb precipitation days = 10.3
|Mar precipitation days = 10.3
|Apr precipitation days = 8.5
|May precipitation days = 9.2
|Jun precipitation days = 11.8
|Jul precipitation days = 13.5
|Aug precipitation days = 11.9
|Sep precipitation days = 8.6
|Oct precipitation days = 7.3
|Nov precipitation days = 8.7
|Dec precipitation days = 10.8

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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 1982
|1890= 2383
|1900= 4477
|1910= 6237
|1920= 7775
|1930= 10057
|1940= 9898
|1950= 10401
|1960= 12020
|1970= 11969
|1980= 12331
|1990= 11591
|2000= 13337
|2010= 12790
|2020= 12413
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+McComb racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2843280&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-09|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|2,907
|23.42%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|8,762
|70.59%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|18
|0.15%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|144
|1.16%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|7
|0.06%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|317
|2.55%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|258
|2.08%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 12,413 people, 4,478 households, and 2,210 families residing in the city.

== Arts and culture ==
An annual Earth Day Fest organized by Pike School of Art – Mississippi is celebrated in April on the Saturday of or following [[Earth Day]]. The Summit Street Unity Festival is celebrated annually on the third Saturday in October. The Black History Gallery annually celebrates [[Juneteenth]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Festival to mark Earth Day with music, art|url=https://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/festival-mark-earth-day-music-art|access-date=2022-01-20|website=The Enterprise Journal|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Food, music and fun on Summit Street|url=https://www.enterprise-journal.com/local-news-top-stories/food-music-and-fun-summit-street|access-date=2022-01-20|website=The Enterprise Journal|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Celebration of freedom|url=https://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/celebration-freedom-0|access-date=2022-02-02|website=The Enterprise Journal|language=en}}</ref>

==Education==
Almost all of the city of McComb is served by the [[McComb School District]],<ref name=USCensusSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28113_pike/DC20SD_C28113.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pike County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-27}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28113_pike/DC20SD_C28113_SD2MS.txt Text list] - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st28_ms/place/p2843280_mccomb/DC20BLK_P2843280.pdf See McComb city limits as of the 2020 Census] - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st28_ms/c28113_pike/DC10SD_C28113_001.pdf 2010 school district map]</ref> In addition to the McComb School District, the surrounding Pike County area has two other school districts: [[North Pike School District]] and [[South Pike School District]]. These districts collectively serve various parts of McComb and the greater Pike County area. A portion of the McComb city limits extends into the South Pike district.<ref name=USCensusSDMap2020/>

McComb also offers private education at [[Parklane Academy]], a K4 through 12th-grade private college preparatory school located in the central part of the city. McComb was also home to St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, which provided classes from kindergarten through seventh grade until the school closed in 2014.

For higher education, [[Southwest Mississippi Community College]] is located just {{convert|7|mi|km}} north of McComb, near Summit. Pike County is in the district of Southwest Mississippi Community College.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smcc.edu/about/welcome-from-the-president/|title=Welcome from the President|publisher=[[Southwest Mississippi Community College]]|access-date=2024-09-27}}</ref>

== Media ==

=== Radio ===

McComb is the principal city of the McComb media market for radio.

{{McComb-Brookhaven Radio}}

=== Television ===

McComb is part of the Jackson media market for television.

{{Jackson TV}}

==Infrastructure==
===Rail transportation===
{{See also|McComb (Amtrak station)}}
[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service to McComb.  Amtrak trains 58 & 59, the [[City of New Orleans (train)|City of New Orleans]] stop here.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amtrak.com/city-of-new-orleans-train|title=City of New Orleans Train Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans - Amtrak|website=Amtrak.com|access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Woodie Assaf]], weather reporter, WLBT television (Jackson) 1953 to 2001
* [[Jimmy Boyd]], singer, musician, and actor
* [[Loy Allen Bowlin]], outsider artist
* [[John Brady (basketball coach)|John Brady]], head coach of [[Arkansas State University]] men's basketball team, former head coach of [[LSU Tigers men's basketball|LSU Tigers]]
* [[Steve Broussard (American football punter)|Steve Broussard]], NFL player for [[Green Bay Packers]]
* [[Adrian Brown (baseball)|Adrian Brown]], Major League baseball player with [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Boston Red Sox]], [[Kansas City Royals]] and [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
* [[Jackie Butler]], former NBA player
* [[Cooper Carlisle]], NFL player
* [[Castro Coleman]], blues musician
* [[Jacqueline Y. Collins]], Illinois state legislator 
* [[Corey Dickerson]], MLB player 
* [[Bo Diddley]], blues singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/bo-diddley/|title=Bo Diddley|website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|access-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191347/http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/bo-diddley/|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues_trail/
|title=Mississippi Blues Commission - Blues Trail
|website=Msbluestrail.org
|access-date=2008-05-28
}}
</ref>
* [[Jarrod Dyson]],  MLB player
* [[Omar Kent Dykes]], blues singer and guitarist
* [[James Govan]], soul singer
* [[King Solomon Hill]], early blues musician
* [[Vasti Jackson]], [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nominated electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer<ref name="Vasti">{{cite web|url=http://www.vastijackson.com/bio_01.html#.WGLx2VOLRaR |title=Bio page |publisher=Vasti Jackson |date=2014-07-13 |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref>
* [[Little Freddie King]],  American Delta blues guitarist
* [[Maxie Lambright]], football coach at [[Louisiana Tech University]], 1967–1978
* [[Robert "Squirrel" Lester]], singer in soul music group [[The Chi-Lites]]
* [[John Lewis]], Civil Rights activist
* [[Bobby Lounge]], blues pianist and songwriter
* [[Sam McCullum]], NFL football wide receiver
* [[Albert Mollegen]], Christian [[Apologetics|apologist]]<ref name="Wapo-ATMollegen=Obit">{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated-->  |date=23 January 1984 |year= |orig-date= |title=Va. theologian Albert Mollegen dies at Age 77 |script-title= |trans-title= |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/01/23/va-theologian-albert-mollegen-dies-at-age-77/3a1fc120-93e6-4c99-bb94-20ac398ec7ef/|work=Washington Post |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |others= |edition= |location=Washington, DC |publisher= |publication-date= |agency= |page= |pages= |at= |no-pp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=7 November 2022 |via= |url-access=subscription |quote=Dr. Mollegen was a widely-known apologist for classical Christianity to modern intellectuals and had lectured widely on campuses.|postscript= |ref=}}</ref><ref name='Episcopal-Bio'>{{cite web |url=https://www.episcopalchurch.org/glossary/mollegen-albert-theodore/ |title=Albert Theodore Mollegen |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=The Episcopal Church |publisher= |access-date=7 November 2022 |quote=He was most noted as an apologist for liberal evangelicalism, and in 1947 he founded an association called Christianity and Modern Man. }}</ref>
* [[Bucky Moore]], NFL player
* [[Bob Moses (activist)|Bob Moses]] (Robert Moses), Civil Rights activist
* [[Brandy Norwood]], singer and actress
* [[Willie Norwood]], singer, father of Brandy and Ray J
* [[R. B. Nunnery]], football player
* [[Steven Ozment]], historian
* [[Edward Grady Partin]], [[Teamsters Union]] figure, spent his last years in McComb<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Louisiana/laobituaries.html|title=Obituaries: Barlow and Related Families|publisher=Baton Rouge State Times, March 12, 1990, p. 6-!|access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Tara Wallace]], reality star
* [[Glover Quin]], NFL free safety, Detroit Lions and Houston Texans
* [[Ray J]], singer and actor
* [[La'Porsha Renae]], singer, ''[[American Idol]]'' finalist
* [[Michael Farris Smith]], writer<ref>{{Cite news |last=Herndon |first=Ernest |date=September 19, 2017 |title=McComb native's book could be eerily prophetic |work=Enterprise-Journal |url=http://www.enterprise-journal.com/article_1530e30e-9d5b-11e7-9488-5be24dd914de.html |access-date=March 7, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Britney Spears]], singer and actress
* [[Bryan Spears]], film and television producer
* [[Jamie Lynn Spears]], actress and singer
* [[Davion Taylor]], NFL linebacker for [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
* [[Matt Tolbert]], MLB player for [[Minnesota Twins]]
* [[Brenda Travis]], civil rights activist
* [[Dan Tyler]], songwriter, born in McComb in 1950 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://dantyler.net/bio.html|title=Dan Tyler:Biography|access-date=October 8, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Charvarius Ward]], NFL player <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chiefs.com/team/players-roster/charvarius-ward/|title = Charvarius Ward (CB): Bio, News, Stats & more}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
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* [http://www.mccomb-ms.gov/ City of McComb official website]

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