Tractor Supply Co. will open a 24,000-square-foot store in Vicksburg at 1800 S. Frontage Road, Suite G, sometime in October, says the Brentwood, Tenn., company.

Construction on the company’s 13th Mississippi store began July 11. The store will employ 12 to 17 people.

Tractor Supply Co. is the largest retail farm and ranch supply store chain in the nation, operating 1,000 stores in 44 states.