Cowart, Mississippi
| Cowart, Mississippi | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Cowart, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 33°59′06″N 90°10′40″W / 33.98500°N 90.17778°WCoordinates: 33°59′06″N 90°10′40″W / 33.98500°N 90.17778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Tallahatchie |
| Elevation | 148 ft (45 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 38921 |
| Area code(s) | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 708132[1] |
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.
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
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cowart, Mississippi
- ↑ Klopfer, Susan; Klopfer, Fred; Klopfer, Barry (2005). Where Rebels Roost... Mississippi Civil Rights Revisited. Lula. p. 649.
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