Tombigbee National Forest

Tombigbee National Forest
Choctaw Lake

Location	Mississippi, United States
Nearest city	Tupelo, MS
Coordinates	33°59′32″N 88°55′03″W / 33.992323°N 88.917482°W / 33.992323; -88.917482
Area	67,005 acres (271.16 km²)^[1]
Established	November 27, 1959^[2]
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	National Forests in Mississippi

Tombigbee National Forest is a U.S. National Forest in eastern and northeastern Mississippi. It is named for the nearby Tombigbee River. It is divided geographically into two non-contiguous sections. The larger southern section, about 60% of the total acreage, is located north of Louisville, in parts of Winston, Choctaw, and Oktibbeha counties in eastern Mississippi. The smaller northern section, about 40% of the total acreage, is located northeast of Houston, in parts of Chickasaw and Pontotoc counties in northeastern Mississippi. As a whole the forest lies, in descending order of land area, in Winston, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Pontotoc, and Oktibbeha counties. The forest has a total area of 67,005 acres (105 sq mi, or 271 km²). Headquarters of forest administration is in Jackson, as are those for all six National Forests in Mississippi, but local ranger district offices are located in Ackerman. The forest contains the Owl Creek Mounds, which include five platform mounds built between 1100 and 1200 CE.^[3]

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^ "Land Areas of the National Forest System" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. January 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
^ "The National Forests of the United States" (PDF). ForestHistory.org. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
^ "Owl Creek Site". National Park Service. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.

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National Forests in Mississippi - US Forest Service

Protected areas of Mississippi

Federal

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National Battlefields, Military Parks and Battlefield Sites	Brices Cross Roads NBS Shiloh NMP Tupelo NB Vicksburg NMP
National Seashores	Gulf Islands
National Trails	Natchez Trace Parkway Natchez Trace Trail
National Forests	Bienville De Soto Delta Holly Springs Homochitto Tombigbee
National Wildlife Refuges	Bogue Chitto Coldwater River Dahomey Grand Bay Hillside Holt Collier Mathews Brake Mississippi Sandhill Crane Morgan Brake Panther Swamp Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee St. Catherine Creek Tallahatchie Theodore Roosevelt Yazoo
National Estuarine Research Reserves	Grand Bay
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Black Creek

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Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks

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