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Cowart is an unincorporated community located in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Cowart is located on Mississippi Highway 32 approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Tippo and approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Charleston.

Cowart, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Cowart, Mississippi
Cowart, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°59′06″N 90°10′40″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyTallahatchie
Elevation
148 ft (45 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38921
Area code(s)662
GNIS feature ID708132[1]

The county's former sheriff Clarence Strider—a witness for the defense at the Emmett Till murder trial—narrowly missed being shot in the head while he sat in his car at a general store in Cowart in 1957.[2]


References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cowart, Mississippi
  2. Klopfer, Susan; Klopfer, Fred; Klopfer, Barry (2005). Where Rebels Roost... Mississippi Civil Rights Revisited. Lula. p. 649. ISBN 9781411641020.


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