
| Mississippi County Formation years | ||||||||||||||
| 1785 | 1788 | 1799 | 1800 | 1802 | 1803 | 1804 | 1808 | 1809 | 1810 | 1811 | 1812 | 1813 | 1814 | 1815 |
| 1816 | 1817 | 1819 | 1820 | 1821 | 1822 | 1823 | 1824 | 1825 | 1826 | 1827 | 1828 | 1829 | 1830 | 1831 |
| 1833 | 1836 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1846 | 1848 | 1850 | 1852 | 1854 | 1859 |
| 1860 | 1865 | 1866 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1880 | 1882 |
| 1884 | 1890 | 1896 | 1904 | 1906 | 1908 | 1910 | 1912 | 1914 | 1916 | 1918 | ||||
| Mississippi County Census Years | ||||||||||||||
| 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | ||
| Mississippi Census Year with previous Census Year overlayed: | ||||||||||||||
| 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | ||||
| Mississippi Census Year with Modern Map overlayed: | ||||||||||||||
| 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | |||
| Mississippi Map Abbreviations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed Ad - Adams Al - Alcorn Am - Amite At - Attala Be - Benton Bol - Bolivar Cal - Calhoun Car - Carroll Cbn - Claiborne |
Chi - Chickasaw Cho - Choctaw Clk - Clarke Cly - Clay Coa - Coahoma Cop - Copiah Cov - Covington DS - Desoto Fo - Forrest Fr - Franklin Gda - Grenada Ge - George Gre - Greene Han - Hancock Har - Harrison Hi - Hinds Ho - Holmes Hu - Humphreys |
Is - Issaquena It - Itawamba Jac - Jackson Jas - Jasper JD - Jefferson Davis Jef - Jefferson Jo - Jones Ke - Kemper Laf - Lafayette Lam - Lamar Lau - Lauderdale Law - Lawrence Lea - Leake Lee - Lee Lef - Leflore Lin - Lincoln Lo - Lowndes Mad - Madison |
Mrn - Marion Mro - Monroe Msl - Marshall Mty - Montgomery Nes - Neshoba New - Newton No - Noxubee Ok - Oktibbeha Pa - Panola Pik - Pike Po - Pontotoc PR - Pearl River Pr - Prentiss Pry - Perry Qu - Quitman Ra - Rankin Sc - Scott Sh - Sharkey |
Si - Simpson Sm - Smith St - Stone Sun - Sunflower Tal - Tallahatchie Tat - Tate Tip - Tippah Tis - Tishomingo Tu - Tunica Un - Union Wal - Walthall War - Warren Was - Washington Way - Wayne We - Webster Wil - Wilkinson Win - Winston Yal - Yalobusha Yaz - Yazoo |
These are scanned from the original copies so you can see the Mississippi and Mississippi counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Mississippi maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Mississippi.
Images are between 1 meg and 5 megs in size so allow a few moments to load if you are using a dial-up connection. Disclaimer: All Mississippi maps are free to use for your own genealogical purposes and may not be reproduced for resale or distribution.
Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Mississippi Maps
Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers - Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor's hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.