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is a city located in Tate County, Mississippi, United States, and is the 15th largest municipality in the Memphis Metropolitan Area. The United States Census Bureau 2006 population estimate for Senatobia was 6,878, a 2.93% increase since the 2000 Census. After a municipal annexation in 2007, Senatobia's population has risen to an estimated 7,448. It is the county seat of Tate County.
Senatobia is the home of Northwest Mississippi Community College, a state community college that provides two year academic and technical degree programs. Northwest's system-wide enrollment exceeds 6,200 on three campuses in Senatobia, Southaven, and Oxford. Senatobia is also the home of The Baddour Center, a residential care facility for mild to moderately mentally retarded adults.
On April 13, 1834 early settler James Peters purchased two sections of land from the Chickasaw Nation for the sum of $1.25 per acre. The land purchased later became the town of Senatobia. The name Senatobia, given by Charles Meriweather, was derived from the Indian word Senatohoba, which means “White Sycamore”--a symbol of "rest for the weary."
Senatobia received its charter as a municipality in 1860, thirteen years prior to the creation of Tate County and one year prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, during which the town's business section was burned twice by Federal Troops.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.8 square miles (27.9 km²), of which, 10.8 square miles (27.8 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.28%) is water.