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Mississippi
entered
Statehood 10 Dec 1817 as the 20th State
Mississippi seceded from the U.S. on 09 Jan 1861. It was the 2nd of 11 states that joined the Confederate States of America. CSA, also known as the Confederacy, was the government formed by the southern states that seceded from the United States during the period of the American Civil War. |
Mississippi
Counties
by: Timeline | Alphabetical | State Facts
Mississippi Counties | Year | Formed From - |
Adams | 1799 | Natchez District |
Pickering | 1799 | Natchez District - later renamed Jefferson County 1802 |
Claiborne | 1802 | Jefferson |
Jefferson | 1802 | formerly Pickering |
Wilkinson | 1802 | Adams |
Amite | 1809 | Wilkinson |
Franklin | 1809 | Adams |
Warren | 1809 | Natchez District |
Wayne | 1809 | Mississippi Territory's "Old" Washington County |
Greene | 1811 | Amite, Franklin & Wayne |
Marion | 1811 | Amite, Wayne & Franklin |
Hancock | 1812 | Mobile District |
Jackson | 1812 | Mobile District |
Lawrence | 1814 | Marion |
Pike | 1815 | Marion |
Banbridge | 1819 | Wayne & Lawrence - later dissolved |
Covington | 1819 | Lawrence & Wayne |
Perry | 1820 | Greene |
Hinds | 1821 | Choctaw Cession 1820 |
Monroe | 1821 | Chickasaw Cession 1821 |
Copiah | 1823 | Hinds |
Yazoo | 1823 | Hinds |
Simpson | 1824 | Choctaw Cession 1820 |
Jones | 1826 | Covington & Wayne |
Washington | 1827 | Warren & Yazoo |
Madison | 1828 | Yazoo |
Rankin | 1828 | Hinds |
Lowndes | 1830 | Monroe |
Attala | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Carroll | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Choctaw | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Clarke | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Holmes | 1833 | Yazoo |
Jasper | 1833 | Indian lands |
Kemper | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Lauderdale | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Leake | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Neshoba | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Noxubee | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Oktibbeha | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Scott | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Smith | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Tallahatchie | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Winston | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Yalobush | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Bolivar | 1836 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Chickasaw | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Coahoma | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
DeSoto | 1836 | Indian lands |
Itawamba | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Lafayette | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Marshall | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Newton | 1836 | Neshoba |
Panola | 1836 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Pontotoc | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Tippah | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Tishomingo | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Tunica | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Harrison | 1841 | Hancock & Jackson |
Issaquena | 1844 | Washington |
Sunflower | 1844 | Bolivar |
Calhoun | 1852 | Chickasaw, Lafayette & Yalobusa |
Lee | 1866 | Itawamba & Pontotoc |
Alcorn | 1870 | Tippah & Tishomingo |
Benton | 1870 | Marshall & Tippah |
Grenada | 1870 | Carroll, Yalobusha, Montgomery, Tallahatchie, Webster & Choctaw |
Lincoln | 1870 | Franklin, Lawrence, Copiah, Pike & Amite |
Prentiss | 1870 | Tishomingo |
Union | 1870 | Pontotoc & Tippah |
Colfax | 1871 | Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe & Oktibbeha - later renamed Clay 1876 |
Leflore | 1871 | Carroll, Sunflower & Tallahatchie |
Montgomery | 1871 | Carroll & Choctaw |
Tate | 1873 | Marshall, Tunica & DeSoto |
Sumner | 1874 | Chickasaw, Choctaw, Montgomery, Oktibbeha - renamed Webster 1882 |
Clay | 1876 | formerly Colfax County |
Sharkley | 1876 | Warren, Washington & Issaquena |
Quitman | 1877 | Panola & Coahoma |
Webster | 1882 | formerly Sumner County |
Pearl River | 1890 | Hancock & Marion |
Lamar | 1904 | Marion & Pearl River |
Forrest | 1906 | Perry |
Jefferson Davis | 1906 | Covington & Lawrence |
George | 1910 | Green & Jackson |
Wathall | 1910 | Marion & Pike |
Stone | 1916 | Harrison |
Humphreys | 1918 | Holmes, Washington, Yazoo & Sunflower |
Mississippi Counties - Alphabetical
Mississippi Counties | Year | Formed From - |
Adams | 1799 | Natchez District |
Alcorn | 1870 | Tippah & Tishomingo |
Amite | 1809 | Wilkinson |
Attala | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Bainbridge | 1819 | Wayne & Lawrence - later dissolved |
Benton | 1870 | Marshall & Tippah |
Bolivar | 1836 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Calhoun | 1852 | Chickasaw, Lafayette & Yalobusa |
Carroll | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Chickasaw | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Choctaw | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Claiborne | 1802 | Jefferson |
Clarke | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Clay | 1876 | formerly Colfax County |
Coahoma | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Colfax | 1871 | Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe & Oktibbeha - later renamed Clay 1876 |
Copiah | 1823 | Hinds |
Covington | 1819 | Lawrence & Wayne |
DeSoto | 1836 | Indian lands |
Forrest | 1906 | Perry |
Franklin | 1809 | Adams |
George | 1910 | Greene & Jackson |
Greene | 1811 | Amite, Franklin & Wayne |
Grenada | 1870 | Carroll, Yalobusha, Montgomery, Tallahatchie, Webster & Choctaw |
Hancock | 1812 | Mobile District |
Harrison | 1841 | Hancock & Jackson |
Hinds | 1821 | Choctaw Cession 1820 |
Holmes | 1833 | Yazoo |
Humpreys | 1918 | Holmes, Washington, Yazoo & Sunflower |
Issaquena | 1844 | Washington |
Itawamba | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Jackson | 1812 | Mobile District |
Jasper | 1833 | Indian lands |
Jefferson | 1802 | formerly Pickering County |
Jefferson Davis | 1906 | Covington & Lawrence |
Jones | 1826 | Covington & Wayne |
Kemper | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Lafayette | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Lamar | 1904 | Marion & Pearl River |
Lauderdale | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Lawrence | 1814 | Marion |
Leake | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Lee | 1866 | Itawamba & Pontotoc |
Leflore | 1871 | Carroll, Sunflower & Tallahatchie |
Lincoln | 1870 | Franklin, Lawrence, Copiah, Pike & Amite |
Lowndes | 1830 | Monroe |
Madison | 1828 | Yazoo |
Marion | 1811 | Amite, Wayne & Franklin |
Marshall | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Monroe | 1821 | Chickasaw Cession 1821 |
Montgomery | 1871 | Carroll & Choctaw |
Neshoba | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Newton | 1836 | Neshoba |
Noxubee | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Oktibbeha | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Panola | 1836 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Pearl River | 1890 | Hancock & Marion |
Perry | 1820 | Greene |
Pickering | 1799 | Natchez District - later renamed Jefferson County 1802 |
Pike | 1815 | Marion |
Pontotoc | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Prentiss | 1870 | Tishomingo |
Quitman | 1877 | Panola & Coahoma |
Rankin | 1828 | Hinds |
Scott | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Sharkley | 1876 | Warren, Washington & Issaquena |
Simpson | 1824 | Choctaw Cession 1820 |
Smith | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Stone | 1916 | Harrison |
Sumner | 1874 | Chickasaw, Choctaw, Montgomery, Oktibbeha - renamed Webster 1882 |
Sunflower | 1844 | Bolivar |
Tallahatchie | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Tate | 1873 | Marshall, Tunica & DeSoto |
Tippah | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Tishomingo | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Tunica | 1836 | Chickasaw Cession 1832 |
Union | 1870 | Pontotoc & Tippah |
Wathall | 1910 | Marion & Pike |
Warren | 1809 | Natchez District |
Washington | 1827 | Warren & Yazoo |
Wayne | 1809 | Mississippi Territory's "Old Washington County" |
Webster | 1882 | formerly Sumner County |
Wilkinson | 1802 | Adams |
Winston | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Yalobush | 1833 | Choctaw Cession 1830 |
Yazoo | 1823 | Hinds |
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