Needmore, Mississippi

Needmore, Mississippi
Ghost town
Needmore, Mississippi Location within the state of Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°52′56″N 90°10′08″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Tallahatchie
Elevation	144 ft (44 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	708149[1]

Needmore is a ghost town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.

Needmore was located on the west bank of the Tippo Bayou, approximately 10 mi (16 km) southwest of Charleston.

The settlement had a post office, school, church and cemetery. The Needmore Cemetery is all that remains.^[2][3][4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Needmore (historical)
2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 329.
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Needmore (historical)
4. "Allison Oral History". Delta State University. July 17, 1980.