Tibbs County

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Tibbs County is a fictional Mississippi county featured in the television series "In the Heat of the Night," serving as the primary setting for its stories of crime and community.

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Tibbs County canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional county
fictional location
fictional town
appearsIn In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
associatedWithCharacter Chief Bill Gillespie
Detective Virgil Tibbs
linked to: Virgil Tibbs

Harriet DeLong
Officer Bubba Skinner
country United States
depictsIssue corruption
justice system
racism in the American South
social change
fictionalStatus fictional
firstAppearanceInMedium In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
genreContext crime drama
hasFictionalInstitution Sparta Police Department
Tibbs County Courthouse
Tibbs County Jail
hasFictionalTown Sparta, Mississippi
hasTheme community
crime
law enforcement
race relations
small-town life
inspiredBy real counties in Mississippi
inUniverseState Mississippi
languageOfSetting English
lawEnforcementBody Tibbs County Sheriff’s Department
locatedIn Mississippi
Tibbs County
medium television
narrativeFunction backdrop for community relationships
central setting for crime investigations
portrayedAs Southern U.S. community
rural county
primarySettingOf In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
relatedWork In the Heat of the Night (1967 film)
In the Heat of the Night (novel)
settingFor In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
timePeriodDepicted late 20th century

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Sparta, Mississippi hasFictionalCounty Tibbs County
Sparta, Mississippi locatedIn Tibbs County
subject linked to: Tibbs County