Editing Tishomingo, Mississippi (section)

== History ==
[[File:Tishomingo Filling Station - NARA - 281041.jpg|thumb|left|Tishomingo Filling Station (1939)]]
Tishomingo is named for [[Tishomingo (Chickasaw leader)|''Tishomingo'']], who signed the ''Treaty of Pontotoc'' in 1832. He served with Major-General [[Anthony Wayne]] against the [[Shawnee]]s in the Northwest Territory and received a silver medal from President [[George Washington]]. During the [[War of 1812]], he served under [[Andrew Jackson]]. After his service in the military, he retired to become a farmer until white settlers came onto his land. In 1837, a final treaty forced the Chickasaws to move to the Indian Territory in present-day [[Oklahoma]]. Tishomingo died of smallpox on the ''[[Trail of Tears]]'' and is buried in [[Arkansas]] somewhere near [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]].<ref>Muriel H. Wright], "[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v018/v018p357.html Official Seals of the Five Civilized Tribes]," ''Chronicles of Oklahoma'', Vol. 18, No. 4 (December 1940), pp. 362-363.</ref> His son, Iuka, is the namesake of the county seat of Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

This town developed with the building of the [[Illinois Central Railroad]]. [[Andrew Jackson]] also camped at the site of Tishomingo, on his way to visit the [[Creek people|Creek]] nation.

===National Register of Historic Places===
Four sites near Tishomingo are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Tishomingo County, Mississippi|National Register of Historic Places]], including Bear Creek Mound and Village Site, and [[Tishomingo State Park]].