Tibbee School Explained

Tibbee School
Map Width:235
Coordinates:33.5258°N -88.6286°W
Location:Tibbee-Columbus Rd., at Tibbee, Tibbee, Mississippi in Clay County, Mississippi
Refnum:91001642
Designated Other1 Num Position:both
Designated Other2 Num Position:both
Designated Other3 Num Position:both

Tibbee School is a historic property in Tibbee, Mississippi in Clay County, Mississippi. It includes a one-room schoolhouse. The school closed in 1933 and the school building had been used for turkeys before being restored.[1] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The school was built in 1861 in what was then Lowndes County, Mississippi. The school is on Tibbee Road.[2] The community of Tibbee had a post office and stores supplying travelers between West Point, Mississippi and Columbus, Mississippi.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Back to school: One family preserves a piece of America's one-room school history. Jan. Swoope. August 6, 2016. The Dispatch.
  2. Web site: HED: Woman preserves 135-year-old, one-room school. Ashley. Elkins. November 3, 1996. Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.