Talk:Tunica Resorts, Mississippi

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I'm having a difficult time finding resources that define the exact geographic parameters of Tunica Resorts (or the former Robinsonville). Part of this stems from the community being neither an incorporated village, town or city; nor an official census designated place (CDP). There is, it would seem, a specific census block group within Tunica County that relates to the area, but includes much more area than the casinos and immediate surroundings. Check out www.census.gov for detailed maps breaking down Tunica County, and specifically the area north of the Town of Tunica.

Also, all "town" references were removed from the article in relation to Tunica Resorts due to its aforementioned technical status, including its listing in the Towns in Mississippi category. Instead, the article has been given a Mississippi geography stub tag. Some wording throughout the article was tweaked for better flow, less repetitive use of certain words or phrases, and maintaining neutral point-of-view.

Because of the nature of how this area has developed, I think that it's important to keep this article in Wikipedia. However, it is that same nature — and the subsequent evolution into the geographic anomaly that it now is in Mississippi — which makes it a challenge to write a good article on the subject. There's more and better information that can be found out there to add to this work. Together, we can make it happen. — ArkansasTraveler 04:44, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

The article has been added to the category "Unincorporated communities in Mississippi." — ArkansasTraveler 06:01, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] History

More information on the history of the community — especially pre-casino years — is greatly needed. If for no other reason, such details will help define this article as more than a thinly-veiled advertisement for the area's casino strip.

On this subject, a credible reference (online or offline) is also needed for the official name change from Robinsonville to Tunica Resorts. I've noticed on mail from Resorts Tunica (the old Harrah's) that Tunica Resorts is the name applied to the ZIP code (38664) now, but it would be nice to have more than that to go on. According to a search for all cities in a ZIP code on the US Postal Service's website [1], Robinsonville, Tunica Resort, and Tunica Resorts are all acceptable city names applicable to 38664. — ArkansasTraveler 04:58, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I had a hard time finding anything that specifically referenced the name change. Indeed, I first found out about the name change when I went up there and saw the new road signs. I asked a desk clerk at my hotel about it, and he said, "Yeah, they changed the name a few weeks back, not that anyone ever called this 'Robinsonville' anyway." That's not exactly a credible source, but it's the best I have.

As for its history, I'm not sure there was much of a history, aside from the Hollywood, before the casinos came. It was pretty much the Hollywood, perhaps a railroad depot at one time (the old Illinois Central used to go through there along old U.S. 61), a church or two, and a crossroads. That's about it, aside from cotton fields. Realkyhick 03:57, 26 April 2006 (UTC)