Money, Mississippi

Money, Mississippi
Leflore County Volunteer Fire Department in Money
Leflore County Volunteer Fire Department in Money
Money is located in Mississippi
Money
Money
Location in Mississippi
Money is located in the United States
Money
Money
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°39′04″N 90°12′33″W / 33.65111°N 90.20917°W / 33.65111; -90.20917
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyLeflore
Elevation
138 ft (42 m)
Population
 • Total
<100
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID673728[1]

Money is an unincorporated community near Greenwood in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, in the Mississippi Delta.[1] It has fewer than 100 residents, down from 400 in the early 1950s when a cotton mill operated there. Money is located on a railroad line along the Tallahatchie River, a tributary of the Yazoo River in the eastern part of the Mississippi Delta. The community has ZIP code 38945 in the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.

Money is the site of events leading to the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till.

  1. ^ a b "Money". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.