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==Geography== [[File:Woodall Mountain Mississippi.JPG|thumb|[[Woodall Mountain]], elevation 807 feet, is the highest point in the state of Mississippi.]] According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|445|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|424|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|20|sqmi}} (4.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_28.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 8, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928074019/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_28.txt|archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> The highest natural point in Mississippi, the {{convert|806|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} [[Woodall Mountain]], is located in the county. Tishomingo County is the only county in Mississippi with outcroppings of natural limestone formations.<ref name="ENL">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_zEQAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Tishomingo+County%22+Mississippi+%22limestone+formations%22&pg=PA54|title=Bulletin - Mississippi State Geological Survey|last1=Lowe|first1=Ephraim Noble|last2=Survey|first2=Mississippi Geological, Economic, and Topographical|date=1915|publisher=Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographical Survey|language=en}}</ref> ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Hardin County, Tennessee]] (north) * [[Lauderdale County, Alabama]] (northeast) * [[Colbert County, Alabama]] (east) * [[Franklin County, Alabama]] (southeast) * [[Itawamba County, Mississippi|Itawamba County]] (south) * [[Prentiss County, Mississippi|Prentiss County]] (southwest) * [[Alcorn County, Mississippi|Alcorn County]] (northwest) ===Major highways=== {{div col}} * [[U.S. Route 72]] * [[Mississippi Highway 4]] * [[Mississippi Highway 25]] * [[Mississippi Highway 30]] * [[Mississippi Highway 172]] * [[Mississippi Highway 350]] * [[Mississippi Highway 364]] * [[Mississippi Highway 365]] * [[Mississippi Highway 366 (Tishomingo County)|Mississippi Highway 366]] * [[Mississippi Highway 760]] * [[Natchez Trace Parkway]] {{div col end}} ===National protected area=== [[Image:Natchez Trace Parkway Logo.svg|70px]] [[Natchez Trace Parkway]]
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