Lauderdale County, Tennessee
Lauderdale County is a county located on the western edge of the U.S. state of Tennessee, with its border the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,143. Its county seat is Ripley. Since the antebellum years, it has been developed for cotton as a major commodity crop.
Lauderdale County Courthouse in Ripley
Scenic view in Lauderdale County (2004)
A-7 Corsair II in front of the Veterans' Museum in Halls (2006)
Alex Haley's boyhood home in Henning (2007)
Tipton County is a county located on the western end of the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Mississippi Delta region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,970. Its county seat is Covington. Tipton County, founded in 1823, is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Tipton County courthouse in Covington, Tennessee
The Tipton phase and some of its associated sites
Union fleet passing Fort Randolph (1865)
Cotton field in rural Tipton County, 2013