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Short is an unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi,
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. It was one of the earliest settlements in the county, and once had its own post office, a high school, a bowling alley, and three bars; but most of its former territory and its establishments were drowned by the damming of the
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and the subsequent creation of Pickwick Lake.Short and Island Hill Communities
/ref> T. Jeff Busby was born near Short, and went on to be a US Representative from Mississippi from 1923 to 1935.


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Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Tishomingo County, Mississippi {{TishomingoCountyMS-geo-stub