Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

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Tallahatchie County, Mississippi is a rural county in the Mississippi Delta historically known as one of the key locations in the 1955 Emmett Till murder case and trial.

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Tallahatchie County, Mississippi canonical 20
Tallahatchie County 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
containsSettlement Charleston, Mississippi
Enid, Mississippi
Glendora, Mississippi
Paynes, Mississippi
Sumner, Mississippi
Tippo, Mississippi
Tutwiler, Mississippi
Webb, Mississippi
country United States of America
economyType agricultural
governingBody Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors
hasCountySeat Charleston, Mississippi
Sumner, Mississippi
hasCourthouse Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston
Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly African American population in many areas
hasHistoricalMarker Emmett Till murder trial site marker in Sumner
hasJail Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility
hasLawEnforcementAgency Tallahatchie County Sheriff’s Office
hasMajorHighway Mississippi Highway 3
Mississippi Highway 32
Mississippi Highway 35
U.S. Route 49W NERFINISHED
hasPostalAbbreviation MS
hasPrimaryCrop corn
cotton
soybeans
hasPrimaryIndustry row-crop farming
hasRegionCode FIPS code 28135
hasRiver Tallahatchie River
hasSignificantEvent posthumous Emmett Till apology resolution by county officials
historicallyKnownFor Emmett Till murder case
Emmett Till murder trial
isPartOfCongressionalDistrict Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
isPartOfPhysiographicRegion Mississippi Alluvial Plain
isRural true
locatedIn Mississippi
Mississippi Delta
locatedInRegion northwestern Mississippi
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
namedAfter Tallahatchie River
partOf State of Mississippi
regionType Mississippi Delta
subdivisionType county
usesAreaCode 662
wasSiteOf 1955 Emmett Till murder trial

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Roy Bryant placeOfActivity Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Sumner, Mississippi county Tallahatchie County
linked to: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Sumner, Mississippi partOf Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie River flowsThrough Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie River hasCountyInName Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Panola County, Mississippi borderedBy Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Coahoma County, Mississippi adjacentTo Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Quitman County, Mississippi borderedBy Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Mamie Elizabeth Carthan placeOfBirth Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Webb, Mississippi county Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Webb, Mississippi locatedIn Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner locatedIn Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner county Tallahatchie County
linked to: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston locatedIn Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston county Tallahatchie County
linked to: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors governs Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors jurisdiction Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors locatedIn Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Second District) locatedIn Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County Courthouse square area locatedIn Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
J. W. Milam crimeLocation Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Charleston, Mississippi county Tallahatchie County
linked to: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Sumner, Mississippi county Tallahatchie County
linked to: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Mississippi Highway 35 passesThrough Tallahatchie County, Mississippi