Philipp is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in southern Tallahatchie County,

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

, United States, along

Mississippi Highway 8 Mississippi Highway 8 (MS 8) is an east–west state highway in northern Mississippi, running from MS 1 in Rosedale to U.S. Route 278 (US 278) northeast of Aberdeen. Points of interest along the route include Great River Road State Park, Del ...

. Philipp is east of Minter City and west of Holcomb. Although Philipp is an

, it has a

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with a ZIP code of 38950.

History

The community was founded by

Emanuel L. Philipp Emanuel Lorenz Philipp (March 25, 1861 – June 15, 1925) was an American railroad executive and politician from Wisconsin, who served as the 23rd governor of Wisconsin from 1915 to 1921. Early life Philipp was born in Honey Creek, Sauk Co ...

(later

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) when he was the manager of a lumber company from 1894 to 1902 in

Education

It is zoned to the

West Tallahatchie School District The West Tallahatchie School District (WTSD) is a public school district with its headquarters in the Charles M. George Facility for Educational Services in unincorporated Tallahatchie County, Mississippi (USA), adjacent to Sumner. In addition t ...

. The local schools for West Tallahatchie are R. H. Bearden Elementary School and

West Tallahatchie High School West Tallahatchie High School (WTHS) is a public high school in unincorporated Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, near Webb. A part of the West Tallahatchie School District, its nickname is "West Tally". In addition to Webb, the district also ser ...

. At one time the Philipp Consolidated School was located in the community. In 1957 the West Tallahatchie district announced that the property was for sale. At a later point Black Bayou Elementary School in Glendora served southern parts of the West Tallahatchie district.
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. The district decided to close Black Bayou in 1998.
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. Previously West District Middle School (now Bearden) served as a middle school for the West Tallahatchie area. Coahoma Community College is the designated community college for Tallahatchie County.Student Residency

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. Coahoma Community College. Retrieved on July 8, 2017. "Out-of-District Resident: A student who does not live within Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties but does live in some other county in Mississippi."

References

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