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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tibbs County canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

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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Referenced by (2)

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

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