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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi canonical 20
Tallahatchie County 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

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 ⓘ