Official Name: | Talowah, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lamar |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 276 |
Coordinates: | 31.0761°N -89.4303°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 601 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 694935 |
Talowah is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, in the U.S. state of Mississippi.
Talowah is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "many rocks".[1]
The community is located on the Norfolk Southern Railway.[2] A post office operated under the name Talawah from 1884 to 1891 and under the name Talowah from 1907 to 1912.[3]