Tombigbee State Park

State park in Mississippi, United States

34°13′56″N 88°37′35″W / 34.232224°N 88.62643°W / 34.232224; -88.62643^[1]Area480 acres (190 ha)^[2]Elevation390 ft (120 m)Established1934Administered byMississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and ParksDesignationMississippi state parkNamed forThe Tombigbee RiverWebsiteOfficial website

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

Nearest cityTupelo, MississippiArea40 acres (16 ha)Built1934Built byCivilian Conservation CorpsArchitectural styleRusticMPSState Parks in Mississippi built by the CCC between 1934 - 1942NRHP reference No.99000382Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1999

Tombigbee State Park is a public recreation area located off Mississippi Highway 6 five miles (8.0 km) east of Tupelo, Mississippi. The state park surrounds 90-acre (36 ha) Lake Lee and is named for the nearby Tombigbee River.^[3]

History

The state park was among the first state parks built in Mississippi in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps.^[4] The CCC began work on June 1, 1934; the park was opened to the public in 1938. The Tombigbee State Park Historic District was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[2]^[5]

Activities and amenities

The park features lake fishing, primitive and developed campsites, cabins and cottage, picnicking area, and two disc golf courses.^[3]

References

^ "Tombigbee State Park Lake". Fishing & Boating. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Deborah Wise Oakley (October 14, 1998). "Tombigbee State Park Historic District". National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. Retrieved February 26, 2012. Tombigbee State Park was the second of ten parks in Mississippi created by the CCC.
^ ^a ^b "Tombigbee State Park". Parks and Destinations. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
^ Todd Sanders, Review and Compliance Assistant (August 15, 1996). "State Parks in Mississippi built by the CCC between 1934 - 1942". National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form. National Park Service. Retrieved July 13, 2014. By July, 1935, a total of nine new parks were under construction. These nine were Leroy Percy in Washington County; Tombigbee in Lee County; Clarkco in Clarke County; Legion in Winston County; Tishomingo in Tishomingo County; Holmes County; Roosevelt in Scott County; Spring Lake (later re-named Wall Doxey) in Marshall County; and Percy Quin in Pike County.
^ Jennifer Baughn (October 1998). "Tombigbee State Park Historic District". Photographs. National Park Service. Retrieved February 26, 2012.

External links

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Official website Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
Tombigbee State Park Map Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks

Protected areas of Mississippi

Federal

National Historical Parks and national monuments	Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home Natchez
National Battlefields, Military Parks and Battlefield Sites	Brices Cross Roads NBS Shiloh NMP Tupelo NB Vicksburg NMP
National Seashores	Gulf Islands
National Trails	Natchez Trace Parkway Natchez Trace Trail
National Forests	Bienville De Soto Delta Holly Springs Homochitto Tombigbee
National Wildlife Refuges	Bogue Chitto Coldwater River Dahomey Grand Bay Hillside Holt Collier Mathews Brake Mississippi Sandhill Crane Morgan Brake Panther Swamp Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee St. Catherine Creek Tallahatchie Theodore Roosevelt Yazoo
National Estuarine Research Reserves	Grand Bay
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Black Creek

State

State Parks	Buccaneer Clark Creek Natural Area Clarkco Florewood George P. Cossar Golden Memorial Grand Gulf Military Great River Road Holmes County Hugh White John W. Kyle J. P. Coleman Lake Lincoln Lake Lowndes LeFleur's Bluff Legion Leroy Percy Natchez Paul B. Johnson Percy Quin Roosevelt Shepard Tishomingo Tombigbee Trace Wall Doxey

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks

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