Tombigbee State Park | |
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Location | Lee County, Mississippi, United States |
Coordinates | 34°13′56″N 88°37′35″W / 34.232224°N 88.62643°W [1] |
Area | 480 acres (190 ha) [2] |
Elevation | 390 ft (120 m) |
Established | 1934 |
Administered by | Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks |
Designation | Mississippi state park |
Named for | The Tombigbee River |
Website | Official website |
Tombigbee State Park | |
Nearest city | Tupelo, Mississippi |
Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
Built | 1934 |
Built by | Civilian Conservation Corps |
Architectural style | Rustic |
MPS | State Parks in Mississippi built by the CCC between 1934 - 1942 |
NRHP reference No. | 99000382 |
Added to NRHP | March 25, 1999 |
Tombigbee State Park is a public recreation area located off Mississippi Highway 6 five miles (8.0 km) east of Tupelo, Mississippi. The state park surrounds 90-acre (36 ha) Lake Lee and is named for the nearby Tombigbee River. [3]
The state park was among the first state parks built in Mississippi in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. [4] The CCC began work on June 1, 1934; the park was opened to the public in 1938. The Tombigbee State Park Historic District was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [2] [5]
The park features lake fishing, primitive and developed campsites, cabins and cottage, picnicking area, and two disc golf courses. [3]
Tombigbee State Park was the second of ten parks in Mississippi created by the CCC.
By July, 1935, a total of nine new parks were under construction. These nine were Leroy Percy in Washington County; Tombigbee in Lee County; Clarkco in Clarke County; Legion in Winston County; Tishomingo in Tishomingo County; Holmes County; Roosevelt in Scott County; Spring Lake (later re-named Wall Doxey) in Marshall County; and Percy Quin in Pike County.