Chalybeate is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States.

In 1957, Chalybeate school consolidated with Walnut and today it only serves ages kindergarten through the eighth grade.

The town was a thriving community for years, and at one time had a boarding house for teachers of the school and for persons wanting to drink the spring water.

J. F. Ray had a saddle and harness shop at the place where Chalybeate Baptist Church is now located, and he had a tan yard back of what is now the school gymnasium.

Henry Luftenberg operated the harness and saddle shop and Alexandria McKenzie the tan yard.

Many of the early settlers came from the Carolinas and were the Whittens, Rays, Powells, Hollis, Garretts, Bobos, Hortons, Wilbanks, Gibbs, Richardsons, and Clemmers.

Today, although the school and churches still thrive in Chalybeate, the town itself is a grouping of empty buildings, some of which just recently [when?]