Falkner in Tippah County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Town of Falkner

Photographed by Nicolas Rausch, November 18, 2025

1. Town of Falkner Marker

Inscription. On August 29, 1872, William C. Falkner, president of the Ripley Railroad Company, and several hundred railroad officials, dignitaries, and Tippah County citizens arrived by train at the newly christened Falkner Station depot to celebrate the completion of the Middleton (TN) and Ripley Railroad. The crossroads of the railroad and the Salem/Ruckersville Road soon became a prosperous trade center, and in 1874 the town of Falkner was incorporated. Colonel Falkner is the great-grandfather of novelist William Faulkner.

Erected 2022 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical date for this entry is August 29, 1872.

Location. 34° 50.501′ N, 88° 56.044′ W. Marker is in Falkner, Mississippi, in Tippah County. It is at the intersection of Ruckersville Road (County Road 200) and County Road 264, on the right when traveling east on Ruckersville Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10150 Co Rd 200, Falkner MS 38629, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once 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 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Corporal Orvil Lucian Cotton (within shouting distance of this marker); Maple Hill (approx. 7.6 miles away); William Clark Falkner (approx. 7.6 miles away); Tippah County Confederate Memorial (approx. 7.7 miles away); Tippah County (approx. 7.7 miles away); Criswell Cemetery (approx. 11.2 miles away); Macedonia Baptist Church (approx. 11.7 miles away); Blue Mountain College (approx. 12.8 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Nathan Bedford Forrest Highway (was approx. 7.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Nicolas Rausch, November 18, 2025

2. Town of Falkner Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2025, by Nicolas Rausch of Horn Lake, Mississippi. This page has been viewed 59 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 19, 2025, by Nicolas Rausch of Horn Lake, Mississippi. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.