Tylertown in Walthall County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Walthall County Training School

March 22, 2018

1. Walthall County Training School Marker

Inscription. The Walthall County Training School had its beginning in the 1870s when Isaac Ginn began to teach the local African American children to read and write in a small, one room, split-log cabin structure. Using Rosenwald Foundation funds this structure was built in 1920. This school closed in the late 1950s.

Erected 2010 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program, and the Rosenwald Schools series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1920.

Location. 31° 4.223′ N, 90° 8.767′ W. Marker is in Tylertown, Mississippi, in Walthall County. It is on Ginntown Road half a mile east of East Lexie Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 181 Ginntown Road, Tylertown MS 39667, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Mississippi. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North

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America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Historic Railroad Depot (approx. 3.1 miles away); Walthall County Veterans Memorial of All Wars (approx. 3.2 miles away); Walthall County Courthouse and Jail (approx. 3.3 miles away); Old Walthall County Jail (approx. 3.3 miles away); Conerly's P.O. and Lampton's Store (approx. 3.4 miles away); Founders Cemetery (approx. 3.6 miles away); Simmons House (approx. 6.2 miles away); China Grove Methodist Church (approx. 10.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tylertown.

Walthall County Training School and Marker image. Click for full size.

March 22, 2018

2. Walthall County Training School and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 1,140 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 27, 2018.