Tawanta, Mississippi

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Tawanta, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Norfolk Southern Railway crossing in Tawanta
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Tawanta
Coordinates: 31°32′52″N89°14′58″W / 31.54778°N 89.24944°W / 31.54778; -89.24944
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Jones
Elevation
341 ft (104 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID692257

Tawanta is an unincorporated community in Jones County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi. [1]

History

Tawanta was founded in 1882. [1] The name "Tawanta" is purported to mean "wide, broad" in the Choctaw language. [2] The community was once a flag station and is located on the Norfolk Southern Railway. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tawanta
  2. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 107–108. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.
  3. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Tawanta, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
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