Leland: Blues Highway
Leland lies along Deer Creek, amid the level farmland and wooded watercourses of the Mississippi Delta. The city stands near the junction of US 61 and US 82, a substantial crossroads in a region where long, straight highways cross low-lying agricultural country. US 61 is widely known as the Blues Highway, reflecting its close association with Mississippi Delta blues and the musicians who shaped that tradition. Leland is part of Washington County, whose towns and rural communities developed across the Delta’s fertile alluvial plain. Deer Creek runs through the community, while road bridges, fields and tree belts mark the transition between town and open countryside.
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Leland combines small-town calm with a lasting place in American popular culture in a way that reflects its setting in the Mississippi Delta. The town stands on Deer Creek in Washington County, amid the flat agricultural lowlands of western Mississippi. Leland is closely linked to puppeteer Jim Henson, who spent part of his childhood here; the community marks that connection through the Birthplace of Kermit the Frog Museum. Its position near U.S. Route 61 also places it within the wider geography of the Delta blues, a musical tradition rooted in this region. Browse additional webcams from the Mississippi Delta to extend your view of western Mississippi.
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