Tate County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,886. Its county seat is Senatobia. Organized in 1873 during the Reconstruction era, from portions of DeSoto, Marshall, and Tunica counties, the county is named for Thomas Simpson Tate, one of the first prominent American settlers of the area.
Tunica is a town in and the county seat of Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s when casino gambling was introduced in the area, Tunica had been one of the most impoverished places in the United States. Despite this economic improvement, Tunica's population continues to decline from its peak in 1970.
Tunica Resorts, formerly Robinsonville, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northern Tunica County, Mississippi, north of the county seat of Tunica. The community is situated mostly between the Mississippi River and U.S. Route 61 along the border with Arkansas.
Mississippi Highway 4 runs east–west from an intersection in the community of Fox Island west of Tunica, Mississippi, near the border with Arkansas, to Mississippi Highway 25 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It travels a distance of 144 miles (232 km), serving Tunica, Tate, Marshall, Benton, Tippah, Prentiss, and Tishomingo Counties.
Mississippi Highway 3 runs north–south from Newport to U.S. Route 49W near Inverness. For part of its duration, MS 3 is a concurrency with US 49 West. It travels approximately 119 miles (192 km), serving DeSoto, Tunica, Tate, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Sunflower, Yazoo, and Warren counties.
The proposed Interstate 69 extension from Indianapolis southwest to Texas currently has a short piece completed in the U.S. state of Mississippi, south of Memphis, Tennessee. The south end is an at-grade intersection with the former route of MS 304 near Tunica Resorts, where Mississippi Highway 713 continues west to U.S. Highway 61, and the route continues north to the Mississippi state line. Much of the route overlaps Mississippi Highway 304, which intersects US 61 farther north than MS 713. MS 304 is planned to continue east from I-55, connecting to State Route 385 in Tennessee, forming part of the Interstate 269 Memphis outer beltway.
Banks is a small, unincorporated community farming community in northeastern Tunica County, Mississippi. It lies at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 3 and Mississippi Highway 713, several miles east of Tunica Resorts.
Austin is an unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States.
Eudora is an unincorporated community located in southwestern DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States, approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Memphis, Tennessee. The intersection of Mississippi Highway 301 and old Mississippi Highway 304 has been the traditional heart of Eudora for decades.
Hollywood is an unincorporated community located near U.S. Route 61 in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. It is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of North Tunica, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Tunica, and approximately 22 miles (35 km) south of Memphis, Tennessee.
Clayton is an unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi. Clayton is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southwest of Tunica.
Dundee is an unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. Dundee is 12 miles (19 km) south-southwest of Tunica. Dundee has a post office with ZIP code 38626.
Dubbs is an unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. Dubbs is 8 miles (13 km) south of Tunica.
White Oak is a census-designated place located on Mississippi Highway 4 in Tunica County, Mississippi. White Oak is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Evansville and approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Savage.
Maud is an unincorporated community located in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. Maud is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Dundee and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Dubbs
Prichard is an unincorporated community located near Mississippi Highway 3 in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. Prichard is approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of North Tunica and approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Arkabutla.
Bowdre is an unincorporated community located near U.S. Route 61 in Tunica County, Mississippi. Bowdre was the home of the Penn Owen plantation with no other community functions outside of agriculture associated with that family-run business. Bowdre was, until the late 1960s, also located on a busy Illinois Central Railroad line and along the former route of Mississippi Highway 61. Bowdre is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Robinsonville and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Hollywood. Bowdre was the site of a railroad accident on December 21, 1941 when eight members of a family employed on the plantation were killed attempting to cross the tracks in front of the Penn Owen company store.
Mhoon Landing is an unincorporated community located on the Mississippi River in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. It is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of North Tunica and approximately 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Tunica Resorts.
Commerce is a ghost town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. Commerce Landing was the town's port.
