Philipp is an unincorporated community in southern Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States, along Mississippi Highway 8. Philipp is east of Minter City and west of Holcomb. Although Philipp is an unincorporated community, it has a post office with a ZIP code of 38950.ZIP Code Lookup
History The community was founded by Emanuel L. Philipp (later Governor of Wisconsin) when he was the manager of a lumber company from 1894 to 1902 in Mississippi.Wisconsin Historical Society-Emanuel L. PhilippGovernor Emanuel Philipp of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical Society
John Lee Webb did construction projects in Philipp.
Transportation Amtrak’s City of New Orleans, which operates between New Orleans and Chicago, passes through the town on CN tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Greenwood, to the south.
Education It is zoned to the West Tallahatchie School District. The local schools for West Tallahatchie are R. H. Bearden Elementary School and West Tallahatchie High School.
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. - Clipping from Newspapers.com At a later point, Black Bayou Elementary School in Glendora served southern parts of the West Tallahatchie district. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. The district decided to close Black Bayou in 1998. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
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" (Archive). 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."
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