Tylertown is a town in and the county seat of Walthall County, Mississippi, United States. This town is fifty-five miles southwest of Hattiesburg. The population was 1,609 at the 2010 census. The town of Tylertown was first known as the Magee Settlement. It was settled by emigrants of the Magee and Thornhill families, who came from South Carolina. J. Thornhill ac…
Tylertown is a town in and the county seat of Walthall County, Mississippi, United States. This town is fifty-five miles southwest of Hattiesburg. The population was 1,609 at the 2010 census. The town of Tylertown was first known as the Magee Settlement. It was settled by emigrants of the Magee and Thornhill families, who came from South Carolina. J. Thornhill acquired the first tract of land for the settlement on September 20, 1816, after Native Americans were pushed out of the area. Cullen Conerly went there in 1850 and bought out the Garland Hart store and established a post office which was called Conerly's post office. The store and post office served as the social center of the community for over a half century.
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