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.

Cowart, Mississippi
Cowart, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Cowart, Mississippi
Cowart, Mississippi
Cowart, Mississippi is located in the United States
Cowart, Mississippi
Cowart, Mississippi
Coordinates: 33°59′06″N 90°10′40″W / 33.98500°N 90.17778°W / 33.98500; -90.17778
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyTallahatchie
Elevation
148 ft (45 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38921
Area code662
GNIS feature ID708132[1]

The county's former sheriff Clarence Strider—a witness for the defense at the Emmett Till murder trial—narrowly missed being shot in the head while he sat in his car at a general store in Cowart in 1957.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cowart, Mississippi
  2. ^ Klopfer, Susan; Klopfer, Fred; Klopfer, Barry (2005). Where Rebels Roost... Mississippi Civil Rights Revisited. Lula. p. 649. ISBN 9781411641020.