Tippah County Courthouse
Located in the Square in Ripley, MS
Name | Established | Status / Location | Also know by: | Original Settlers |
Anvil | ||||
Bald Hill | ||||
Bluff | ||||
Brownfield | 1841 | Three miles north of Walnut on Hwy 15 near the Tennessee line. Small community of people, almost extinct as a town. | Gatlin's Crossing | Gatlin, Hopkins, Burns, Gray, Bennette, Frazier |
Blue Mountain | Located South of Ripley on Hwy 15. Thriving town, home to Blue Mountain College. | Lowrey, | ||
Bullock | ||||
Campbill | ||||
Chalybeate | 1843 | Located in N. Tippah, 2 miles east of Walnut. Small town with an elementary school and 4 stores. | Jonesborough | Black, Bobo, Ray, Powels, Hollis, Wilbanks,
Garretts, Whittens, Slover,and Horton |
Chism | ||||
Clarysville | ||||
Cotton Plant | 1842 | Located on Hwy 15, near the Union County line in the southern most part of the county. | ||
Dumas | Southeast of Ripley on 370. | |||
Falkner | Located on Hwy 15 between Ripley and Walnut | |||
Gossett | ||||
Guyton | ||||
Hatchie | ||||
Hopewell | Located off Hwy 72 near the Benton County line. | |||
Leconte | ||||
Murray Spur | ||||
Norton | ||||
Ocala | ||||
Orizaba | ||||
Pull Tite | East of Ripley, near the Hatchie River | |||
Ripley | 1836 | County seat, | ||
Ruckersville | 1842 | East of Falkner | ||
Salem
(BentonCounty) |
extinct | |||
Selden | ||||
Sand Flat | Extinct community, between west of Hwy 15 between Walnut and Tiplersville. | |||
Silver Springs | ||||
Shady Grove | late 1800's | Gravestown | Graves, Walker, Johnson, Shelton, Manning, Coombs, Stark, and Mitchell | |
Shelby Creek | ||||
Thurmond | ||||
Three Forks | North of Hwy 72, west of Walnut. | |||
Tiplersville | Late 1800's | Located South of Walnut on Hwy 15. Small community with an Auction house, Churches, a restaurant and a post offfice. | Tiplers, Tudors, Brown, McIntyre, and Ray. | |
Union Mills | Located on Hwy. 4 east of Ripley | |||
Walnut | November 6, 1872 | Located in North Tippah at the intersection of Hwy 72 and Hwy 15. Thriving town, pop. 500 | Hopkins, named changed on July 10, 1876 to Walnut | Hopkins, Hines, Wolf, Alexander, Shannon, Moore, Ray, Wilbanks, Luna, Gunn |
Yanco |
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