Tie Plant, Mississippi

Tie Plant is an unincorporated community located in Grenada County, Mississippi and part of the Grenada Micropolitan Statistical Area. Tie Plant is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Grenada and approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Glenwild along U.S. Route 51. Although an unincorporated community, Tie Plant has a zip code of 38960.

Tie Plant, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°44′29″N 89°47′24″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Grenada
Elevation	200 ft (60 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38960
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	678754[1]

The community was named for the production of railroad ties near the original town site.^[2]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tie Plant, Mississippi
2. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 131.