Money, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 33°39′04″N 90°12′33″W / 33.65111°N 90.20917°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Leflore |
Elevation | 138 ft (42 m) |
Population | |
• Total | <100 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 673728[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.