Bobo, Coahoma County, Mississippi

Bobo, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Bobo
Coordinates: 34°07′55″N 90°40′32″W / 34.13194°N 90.67556°W / 34.13194; -90.67556Coordinates: 34°07′55″N 90°40′32″W / 34.13194°N 90.67556°W / 34.13194; -90.67556
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Coahoma
Elevation 161 ft (49 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 662
GNIS feature ID 667355[1]

Bobo is an unincorporated community in Coahoma County, Mississippi. Bobo is located on U.S. Route 278 and U.S. Route 61 southwest of Clarksdale.

Bobo was named for world-champion bear hunter Robert E. Bobo.[2]

Blues musician Joe Willie Wilkins grew up on a plantation near Bobo.[3]

References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 259.
  3. "Joe Willie Wilkins - Delta School". National Park Service. Retrieved December 2013.


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