Cowart, Mississippi

Cowart, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Cowart, Mississippi
Cowart, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°59′06″N 90°10′40″W / 33.98500°N 90.17778°W / 33.98500; -90.17778Coordinates: 33°59′06″N 90°10′40″W / 33.98500°N 90.17778°W / 33.98500; -90.17778
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 Stridera witness for the defense at the Emmett Till murder trialnarrowly missed being shot in the head while he sat in his car at a general store in Cowart in 1957.[2]

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