This is the first paragraph of the information in the Chalybeate School cookbook. Nothing else is mentioned of Jonesborough. Chalybeate, Mississippi is located in the northern part of Tippah County just east of Walnut on Highway 354. The small town was first called Chalybeate Springs because of an iron enriched spring located there. The word "chalybeate" is Latin and means full of iron. From the very beginning the water from the springs was considered to be beneficial to health, and the community was considered a heath resort at one time. Chalybeate's beginning stemmed from the community of Jonesborough, which was founded prior to 1840. Jonesborough became extinct shortly after the Civil War when the merchants in the town were unable to compete with newer and larger stores located a short distance away in Chalybeate.