Philipp is an unincorporated community in southern Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States, along Mississippi Highway 8. Philipp is 6 mi east of Minter City and 14 mi west of Holcomb. Although Philipp is an unincorporated community, it has a post office with a ZIP code of 38950.

History

The community was founded by Emanuel L. Philipp (later Governor of Wisconsin) when he was the manager of a lumber company from 1894 to 1902 in Mississippi. John Lee Webb did construction projects in Philipp.

Transportation

Amtrak’s City of New Orleans, which operates between New Orleans and Chicago, passes through the town on CN tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Greenwood, 21 mi to the south.

Education

It is zoned to the West Tallahatchie School District. The local schools for West Tallahatchie are R. H. Bearden Elementary School and West Tallahatchie High School. At one time the Philipp Consolidated School was located in the community. In 1957 the West Tallahatchie district announced that the property was for sale. At a later point, Black Bayou Elementary School in Glendora served southern parts of the West Tallahatchie district. The district decided to close Black Bayou in 1998. West District Middle School (now Bearden) served as a middle school for the West Tallahatchie area. Coahoma Community College is the designated community college for Tallahatchie County.