Needmore, Mississippi

Ghost town in Mississippi, United States

Needmore, Mississippi

Ghost town

Needmore, Mississippi

Location within the state of Mississippi

Coordinates: 33°52′56″N 90°10′08″W﻿ / ﻿33.88222°N 90.16889°W﻿ / 33.88222; -90.16889
Country| United States
State| Mississippi
County| Tallahatchie
Elevation

| 144 ft (44 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
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

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Needmore (historical)
2. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2\. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 329.
3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Needmore (historical)
4. ^ "Allison Oral History". Delta State University. July 17, 1980.

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Municipalities and communities of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States

County seats: Charleston and Sumner

City|

* Charleston

Map of Mississippi highlighting Tallahatchie County

Towns|

* Sumner
* Tutwiler
* Webb

Village|

* Glendora

Unincorporated
communities|

* Brazil
* Cascilla
* Cowart
* Effie
* Enid
* Leverett
* Macel
* Minter City‡
* Paynes
* Philipp
* Sharkey
* Swan Lake
* Teasdale
* Tippo
* Vance‡
* Whitehead

Ghost towns|

* Crevi
* Midway
* Murphreesboro
* Needmore

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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