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- Supervisors discuss EMS training, AES name change
The Choctaw Plaindealer The Choctaw County Board of Supervisors are still discussing whether or not to join the North Mississippi EMS organization that will offer training courses to all Choctaw County ...
- January trial set for former Tishomingo employee
BY LENA MITCHELL Daily Journal Corinth Bureau IUKA - The former Tishomingo County employee charged with embezzlement in a grand jury indictment is expected to face trial in January.
- Tishomingo County woman remembers JFK connection
BY LENA MITCHELL Daily Journal Corinth Bureau TISHOMINGO - The 45th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination is a particularly poignant one for Christine McAlister.
- Author on the rise: Kathy Chase Young
Author: Kathy Chase Young Location: Hattiesburg Occupation: Early childhood educator Publisher: Tishomingo Tree Press Favorite author: Dr.
- EDITORIAL:Charities' problems
Northeast Mississippi charitable services and institutions feel the pressure of the nationwide economic situation, and their plight, if worsened, will affect thousands of people in our region.
- Debate highlights Mississippi's racial evolution
On a small-town Saturday night, a half-block from the town square where a deteriorating Confederate statue stands guard, state Sen.
- EDITORIAL:Generosity unleashed
Smitty Harris inspired hundreds of United Way of Northeast Mississippi volunteers last week, but it wasn't by talking about his personal heroism, service and captivity as a prisoner of war for eight years in ...
- United Way prepares to 'do something about it'
BY CARLIE KOLLATH Daily Journal TUPELO - Two generations of the Harris family spent Thursday morning thanking the residents of Northeast Mississippi for caring.
- Smith Robertson hosts 'Ancestral Guardians'
Top line: Four steel and stained glass sculptures by Tupelo native Allen Uzikee Nelson stand regal and intriguing in the Atrium at Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center.
- Auditor's office recovers funds
Former Tishomingo County Sheriff David Smith and former Chief Deputy Rodney Pannell have paid $66,104 toward a $76,000 demand notice from the state auditor's office for missing equipment and missing funds.
- EDITORIAL:Senior projects
The TRIAD gathering of older citizens from Alcorn, Tishomingo, Prentiss and Itawamba counties emphasized fellowship and information about preventing crime aimed at seniors, but it also was a sign of what's ...
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City DescriptionTishomingo is a town in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 316 at the 2000 census. Its ZIP code is 38873.
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Tishomingo is named after Chief Tishomingo of the Chickasaw tribe, who signed the Treaty of Pontotoc in 1832. He died on the infamous 'Trail of Tears' and is buried in Little Rock, Arkansas . His son, Iuka, is the namesake of the county seat of Tishomingo, County, Mississippi.
The town of Tishomingo developed with the building of the Illinois Central Railroad. Andrew Jackson also camped at the site of Tishomingo, on his way to visit the Creek nation.
The jazz standard "Tishomingo Blues" is named after Tishomingo.
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States' list of places worthy of preservation.
Tishomingo is located at 34°38′5″N 88°13′48″W / 34.63472, -88.23 (34.634847, -88.229976).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.4 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there are 316 people, 144 households, and 87 families residing in the town. The population density is 572.5 people per square mile (221.8/km²). There are 165 housing units at an average density of ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Tishomingo County
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