Silver Springs, Supervisor District 5, Tippah County, Mississippi, United States
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- Silver Springs
- Unincorporated Populated Place
- Post office in operation 1883 to 1902.
- The now extinct town of Silver Springs, Tippah County, MS has started appearing on maps at the intersection of CR 527 & HWY 2 northeast of Ripley. There is some local knowledge that makes me strongly think it was in fact down the hill on CR 530 (which is beside CR 527), just past the Richardson Cemetery. At a point where Tippah joins Alcorn County. I am a genealogist and am working to confirm that. If anyone has evidence of it's location (top of hill or bottom of hill), please post here.
- In the 1860 Federal Census, the community was named as a Post Office with next visitations at Irene & Union Mills. I found it on a list of Alcorn County post offices, but cannot find the date. This confirms my belief that it was so close to the line (in the southeast corner of Tippah), that at one time it was thought to be an Alcorn post office. It was also known as a stage coach stop on the Hatchie Twpk between Holly Springs and Jacinto (present day Prentiss County to the east). I believe it is being named in modern days at the top of the hill is because there is a Silver Springs firehouse near the target intersection. However, the general area could be called Silver Springs because it is located on Silver Springs Hill.
- 34.780371534° 46' 49.3"N-88.780612888° 46' 50.2"W
- Collinstown (Supervisor District 5, Alcorn County) 3.3 mi. NE
- Jumpertown (Supervisor District 2, Prentiss County) 8.2 mi. SE
- Falkner (Supervisor District 2) 9.7 mi. NW
- Kossuth (Supervisor District 4, Alcorn County) 9.9 mi. NE
- Ripley 10.3 mi. W
- Dumas (Supervisor District 4) 10.3 mi. S
- Richardson 0.5 mi. E
- Spout Springs 0.6 mi. NW
- Medford 1.5 mi. W
- Lowrey 1.7 mi. SW
- Lebanon 2.5 mi. SE
- Bethel 2.5 mi. SE
- Cedar Mound (Supervisor District 5, Alcorn County) 2.8 mi. NE
- Rogers Chapel 3.1 mi. N
- Pleasant Ridge 3.2 mi. W
- Peoples 3.4 mi. W
- Shiloh 3.7 mi. N
- Jeter 4.1 mi. S
- 208 m
- 305682228
- Updated Apr 19, 2020