Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

E805533

administrative territorial entity county

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi canonical	4
Tallahatchie County	1

Statements (48)

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

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roy Bryant → placeOfActivity → Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ

Sumner, Mississippi, United States → county → Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ

subject surface form: Sumner, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Tallahatchie County

Sumner, Mississippi, United States → partOf → Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ

subject surface form: Sumner, Mississippi

Tallahatchie River → flowsThrough → Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ

Tallahatchie River → hasCountyInName → Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ