Tupelo Explained

Tupelo commonly refers to:

• Tupelo (tree), a small genus of deciduous trees with alternate, simple leaves
• Tupelo, Mississippi, the county seat and the largest city of Lee County, Mississippi

Tupelo may also refer to:

Places

• Tupelo, Arkansas, a town in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States
• Tupelo, Oklahoma, a city in Coal County, Oklahoma, United States

Ships

• USCGC Tupelo (WLB-303), a Cactus (A) Class 180 foot buoy tender
• USS Tupelo (YN-75), an Ailanthus-class net laying ship later renamed the USS Winterberry (AN-56)

Music

• "Tupelo" (song), 1985 the second single by Australian post-punk band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• "Tupelo", a song by John Lee Hooker from Chill Out 1995, originally released in 1962
• "Uncle Tupelo" was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Some members later went on to form Wilco.

Other

• Tupelo Press, an American not-for-profit literary press founded in 1999

See also

• Tupelo Honey, a 1971 album by Van Morrison
• Uncle Tupelo, an American musical group
• "Back to Tupelo", a 2004 song from Shangri-La (Mark Knopfler album)