Daleville is an unincorporated community along Mississippi Highway 39

Mississippi Highway 39

Mississippi Highway 39 is a south to north highway that is long, between Meridian, MS and Shuqualak, MS. The highway is four-laned from its beginning until it passes nearby NAS Meridian. It is cosigned with Mississippi Highway 145 for less than a 1/4 mile in Meridian. The highway passes through...

 in North Lauderdale County

Lauderdale County, Mississippi

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 78,161 people, 29,990 households, and 20,573 families residing in the county. The population density was 111 people per square mile . There were 33,418 housing units at an average density of 48 per square mile...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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, United States

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. Although it is unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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, it has a post office

Post office

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, with the ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 of 39326. The city's was named for General Samuel Dale

Samuel Dale

Samuel Dale was an American soldier and pioneer.Dale was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia to Scotch-Irish parents from Pennsylvania. As a boy, both he and his parents moved many times with westward border expansion, most notably in 1775 and 1783. With the death of his parents in December 1792,...

. Daleville is at latitude 32.57 and longitude -88.676. The elevation is 384 feet.

State

The Mississippi Senate district map divides Daleville into two sections. The area north of Hickory Grove Road is in the 32nd State Senate District which seats Sampson Jackson, II (D

Democratic Party (United States)

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). The balance of the community resides in the 31st State Senate District which seats Terry Burton (R

Republican Party (United States)

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).

The Mississippi House of Representatives

Mississippi House of Representatives

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 also divides Daleville into two districts. House District 42 is represented by Reecy Dickson (D

Democratic Party (United States)

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). House District 81 is represented by Steven A. Horne (R

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

).

National

The city is located in Mississippi's 3rd congressional district

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district

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, represented by Gregg Harper

Gregg Harper

Gregory "Gregg" Harper is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes the wealthier portions of the state capital, Jackson, along with most of that city's suburbs. Other cities in the district include Meridian and Natchez.-...

 (R

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), who has been in office since 2009.

History

The original US land grant for a large portion of Daleville was granted to John A. McKellar on February 27, 1841. US Land Grant Certificate 29376. This grant included Lots 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10, of Section 5, Township 8 North, Range 16 East in the District of Sands. John A. McKellar lived in Perry County, Alabama, USA at the time of the grant.