Tippo is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in Tallahatchie County,

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

, United States, located approximately from

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoje ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, links=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failu ...

; northeast of Glendora; and approximately from Charleston. Tippo is located at the intersection of Tippo and Sharkey roads. Tippo has a post office with ZIP code 38962. The community is named after Tippo Bayou.

Education

Tippo is in the

East Tallahatchie School District The East Tallahatchie School District (ETSD) is a public school district based in Charleston, Mississippi, Charleston, Mississippi, United States. In addition to Charleston, it serves Tippo, Mississippi, Tippo. History For much of the county's ...

. Charleston High School is the area high school.

Coahoma Community College Coahoma Community College (CCC) is a public historically black community college in Coahoma County, Mississippi. The college was founded in 1949 and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. It of ...

is the designated community college.

Notable person

Mose Allison Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to N ...

Blues music Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

ian

Gallery

File:TippoMSPostOffice.jpg, Tippo Post Office File:TippoVolunteerFireDept.jpg, Tippo Volunteer Fire Department File:TippoUnitedMethodistChurch.jpg, Tippo United Methodist Church File:MoseAllisonBluesTrailMarker.jpg,

Mississippi Blues Trail The Mississippi Blues Trail was created by the Mississippi Blues Commission in 2006 to place interpretive markers at the most notable historical sites related to the birth, growth, and influence of the blues throughout (and in some cases beyond) t ...

marker for Mose Allison

References

Unincorporated communities in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Mississippi placenames of Native American origin {{TallahatchieCountyMS-geo-stub