Philipp, Mississippi

Philipp, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Philipp, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Philipp, Mississippi
Philipp, Mississippi
Philipp, Mississippi is located in the United States
Philipp, Mississippi
Philipp, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°45′27″N 90°12′15″W / 33.75750°N 90.20417°W / 33.75750; -90.20417
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountiesTallahatchie
Elevation
[1]
154 ft (47 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38950
Area code662
GNIS feature ID675681[1]

Philipp is an unincorporated community in southern Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States, along Mississippi Highway 8. Philipp is 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Minter City and 14 miles (23 km) west of Holcomb. Although Philipp is an unincorporated community, it has a post office with a ZIP code of 38950.[2]

History

The community was founded by Emanuel L. Philipp (later Governor of Wisconsin) when he was the manager of a lumber company from 1894 to 1902 in Mississippi.[3][4]

John Lee Webb did construction projects in Philipp.[5]

Transportation

Amtrak’s City of New Orleans, which operates between New Orleans and Chicago, passes through the town on CN tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Greenwood, 21 miles (34 km) to the south.

Education

It is zoned to the West Tallahatchie School District.[6][7] The local schools for West Tallahatchie are R. H. Bearden Elementary School and West Tallahatchie High School.

At one time the Philipp Consolidated School was located in the community. In 1957 the West Tallahatchie district announced that the property was for sale.[8] At a later point, Black Bayou Elementary School in Glendora served southern parts of the West Tallahatchie district.[9] The district decided to close Black Bayou in 1998.[10]

West District Middle School (now Bearden) served as a middle school for the West Tallahatchie area.[9]

Coahoma Community College is the designated community college for Tallahatchie County.[11]

  • Philipp Volunteer Fire Department
    Philipp Volunteer Fire Department
  • Philipp Post Office
    Philipp Post Office

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Philipp, Mississippi
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  3. ^ Wisconsin Historical Society-Emanuel L. Philipp
  4. ^ Governor Emanuel Philipp of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical Society
  5. ^ "Builders of Mississippi: John Lee Webb (1877-1946)". January 25, 2017.
  6. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Tallahatchie County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  7. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Philipp
  8. ^ "Notice for Sale". The Sumner Sentinel. Vol. 48, no. 52. July 18, 1957. p. 4. - Clipping from Newspapers.com
  9. ^ a b Mikell, Ray S. (August 14, 1988). "West Tallahatchie students face longer classes, new staff". The Greenwood Commonwealth. Greenwood, Mississippi. p. 7A. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "West Tallahatchie schools launch building projects". The Charleston Sun-Sentinel. February 12, 1998. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Student Residency" (Archive). Coahoma Community College. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. "Out-of-District Resident: A student who does not live within Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties but does live in some other county in Mississippi."


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