Tawanta

Tawanta is a hamlet in Jones County, Mississippi. Tawanta is situated nearby to the neighborhood The Village, as well as near the hamlet Benson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moselle and Ellisville.

Moselle

Hamlet

Photo: DwayneP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Moselle is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in southern Jones County, Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, Moselle had a population of 304. The community is part of the Laurel micropolitan area. Moselle is situated 3½ miles southwest of Tawanta.

Ellisville

Town

Photo: Calvin Beale, Public domain.

Ellisville is a town in and the first county seat of Jones County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ellisville had a population of 4,652. Ellisville is situated 5 miles northeast of Tawanta.

Tawanta

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Alene” and “Foxs Mill”
Category: locality
Location: Jones County, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

31.54767° or 31° 32′ 52″ north

Longitude

-89.2495° or 89° 14′ 58″ west

Elevation

338 feet (103 metres)

Open location code

863GGQX2+35

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153367273

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4448018

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Localities in the Area

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