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Horn Lake, Mississippi
Population: 9,069
Located in DeSoto County
The quality of education in Horn Lake's public schools continues to be a drawing card for families contemplating a move to the area. One only has to visit any of the local schools and 'take the tour' to see first hand why the schools are so highly regarded. Horn Lake High School is rated #1 in technology in the state of Mississippi.
Horn Lake Elementary boasts DeSoto County Teacher of the Year and the Sally Mae Award for a first year teacher in 1999. Target stores selected Horn Lake Elementary for the Outstanding Academic Award. Over half of the High School students continue their education at the collegiate level.
Our City?s location within the Memphis Metropolitan Area (MMA) provides many employment opportunities. Although the majority of our jobs consist of government and service sector jobs, our proximity to Memphis, Tennessee as well as the other cities within DeSoto County, Mississippi provide residents with a wide-range of jobs as attested to Horn Lake?s unemployment rate of 4.0. Horn Lake has experience an increase of 42% in population from 9,069 in 1990 to 21,764 in 2004.
Due to the city?s sophisticated travel network of Interstate, State and local highway systems meets the requirements of the residents and businesses of Horn Lake and provide modern highway access to all points across the Southeast and the Nation. Today, through City and Community leadership the citizens of Horn Lake enjoy a mix of business opportunity and pleasure where residents can grow, prosper, and worship together while taking pride in the community?s quality of education, recreation and industry. The City of Horn Lake invites you and your family to discover for yourself why Horn Lake is a ?Community with New People and New Ideas?.
Horn Lake residents have access to a family practice medical facility as well as a full service hospital immediately adjacent to the city. Baptist Memorial DeSoto has 140 beds with an additional 42 bed wing under construction. In addition, several major hospitals are located in nearby Memphis. A medical complex will be built in the DeSoto Commons Development in the near future.
DeSoto County can boast of its many golf courses and Horn Lake is in close proximity to all of them. The Club of Northcreek lies only 1 mile to the west. Just 20 minutes south is Arkabutla Lake, rated as one of the top 5 crappie fishing locations in the U.S. It is also the second windiest lake between Chicago and the Gulf Coast, making it ideal for sailing and sail racing. Arkabutla also has full camping, swimming, fishing, water skiing, tennis, and a nature and equestrian trail.
There are currently 14 local parks, some include ball fields, grills, benches and tables. The M.R. Dye Library located in Horn Lake has over 30,000 volumes of books and offers many programs for adults and children.
Source: cityofhornlake.ms
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