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 | |
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  Cowart, Mississippi  Cowart, Mississippi | |
| Coordinates: 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 | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 38921 |
| Area code | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 708132[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
edit- ^ 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. ISBN 9781411641020.
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