Tippo, Mississippi

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Tippo, Mississippi
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Tippo, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°54′43″N90°10′50″W / 33.91194°N 90.18056°W / 33.91194; -90.18056 Coordinates: 33°54′43″N90°10′50″W / 33.91194°N 90.18056°W / 33.91194; -90.18056
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Tallahatchie
Elevation
144 ft (44 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38962
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID678774 [1]

Tippo is an unincorporated community located in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States, located approximately 10 miles (16 km) from Swan Lake; 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Glendora; and approximately 14 miles (23 km) from Charleston. Tippo is located at the intersection of Tippo and Sharkey roads.

Contents

Tippo has a post office with ZIP code 38962. [2]

The community is named after Tippo Bayou. [3]

Education

Tippo is in the East Tallahatchie School District. [4] [5] Charleston High School is the area high school.

Coahoma Community College is the designated community college. [6]

Notable person

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References

  1. "Tippo". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  2. "Free ZIP Code Lookup with area code, county, geocode, MSA/PMSA, population". www.zipinfo.com.
  3. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 113. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.
  4. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Tallahatchie County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. "Tippo". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. "Student Residency" (Archive). Coahoma Community College. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. "Out-of-District Resident: A student who does not live within Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties but does live in some other county in Mississippi."
  7. "Mose Allison". www.msbluestrail.org.