Needmore, Mississippi
Needmore, Mississippi | |
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Ghost town | |
Needmore, Mississippi Location within the state of Mississippi | |
Coordinates: 33°52′56″N 90°10′08″W / 33.88222°N 90.16889°WCoordinates: 33°52′56″N 90°10′08″W / 33.88222°N 90.16889°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Tallahatchie |
Elevation | 144 ft (44 m) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
GNIS feature ID | 708149[1] |
Needmore is a ghost town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
Needmore was located on the west bank of the Tippo Bayou, approximately 10 mi (16 km) southwest of Charleston.
The settlement had a post office, school, church and cemetery. The Needmore Cemetery is all that remains.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Needmore (historical)
- ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 329.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Needmore (historical)
- ↑ "Allison Oral History". Delta State University. July 17, 1980.
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