Clarksdale

Clarksdale, city (2020 pop. 14,903), seat of Coahoma co., NW Miss., on the Sunflower River; inc. 1882. It is a processing and distribution center for agriculture, its main resource. There is also light manufacturing. Clarksdale also is a major center for blues music.

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