Tie Plant is an unincorporated community located in Grenada County, Mississippi and part of the Grenada Micropolitan Statistical Area. Tie Plant is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Grenada and approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Glenwild along U.S. Route 51. Although an unincorporated community, Tie Plant has a zip code of 38960.
Tie Plant, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 33°44′29″N 89°47′24″W / 33.74139°N 89.79000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Grenada |
Elevation | 200 ft (60 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 38960 |
Area code | 662 |
GNIS feature ID | 678754[1] |
The community was named for the production of railroad ties near the original town site.[2]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tie Plant, Mississippi
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 131.