List of counties in Mississippi

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Counties of Mississippi
Location State of Mississippi
Number82
PopulationsGreatest: 214,870 (Hinds)
Least: 1,256 (Issaquena)
Average: 35,850 (2023)
AreasLargest: 933.9 square miles (2,419 km2) (Yazoo, by land)
Smallest: 401.3 square miles (1,039 km2) (Alcorn)
Average: 591 square miles (1,530 km2)
Government
Subdivisions

The U.S. state of Mississippi has 82 counties. The first two counties, Adams County and Pickering County (renamed Jefferson County later), were established in 1799 in the Mississippi Territory. [1] 14 counties, all in the southwest, were created before the Mississippi Territory became a state in 1817. [1] The last county created was Humphreys County in 1918. [2] The Mississippi Constitution governs the creation of new counties, which requires an election of qualified electors to approve of the creation of a new county. Elections are limited to once every four years. Any new county must be at least 400 square miles (1,000 km2), with no existing county reduced below that size. [2]

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The county governing body, known as the Board of Supervisors, is located under the judicial branch of state government as established in the 1817 Mississippi Constitution. [3] The 1868 Constitution mandated five-member Board of Supervisors, an evolution of the five-member board of police created in the 1832 Constitution. [2] Supervisors are elected without term limits. County government includes other elected and appointed officials who serve concurrent four-year terms. Major elected officials include the chancery clerk, who manages records and administrative tasks for the supervisors and chancery court; the circuit clerk, who handles election administration duties; and the sheriff, who functions as the chief of county law enforcement. Other elected officials include the constables, justice court judges, and the tax assessor or collector (23 counties have separate officials). [4] [5] Major appointed county officials include the board attorney, the county administrator, the county engineer, and the road manager. [5] Counties have either one of two county seats, depending on the number of court districts. [6] [5]

Through evolving constitutions, counties are granted police powers, administrative duties for transportation infrastructure, and election scheduling for vacacines in county offices. The Board of Supervisors are mandated to additional duties as defined by the legislature. While placed under the judicial branch, the Mississippi Supreme Court recognize counties perform mixed duties that are executive, legislative, and judicial in nature. [2] Prior to 1988, each supervisor independently managed roads and bridges in their assigned area, and would allocate money at their discretion, subject to restrictions in state law. County revenues were divided equally among all five supervisors. However, this came under scrutiny after Operation Pretense (19841987), an FBI sting operation targeting corruption that led to the indictment of fifty-five county supervisors. The Mississippi Legislature passed the County Government Reorganization Act of 1988 in response, which transferred responsibilities to a system of centralized road administration. [5]

According to 2023 U.S. Census Data, the average population of Mississippi's 82 counties is 35,850, with Hinds County as the most populous (214,870) and Issaquena County the least (1,256). Six counties have populations over 100,000 while 16 have populations under 10,000. [7] Yazoo County is the largest by total area at 933.9 square miles (2,419 km2), and Alcorn County is the smallest at 401.3 square miles (1,039 km2). [8] The average land area is 591 square miles (1,530 km2). [7] 19 counties have names with Native American etymologies. [9]

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code is used by the United States Federal government to uniquely identify counties. In the table below, each code links to the U.S. Census "quick facts" page for that county. Mississippi's FIPS state code is 28.

List of counties

County
FIPS code [10] County seat [11] Smithsonian Trinomial
[12]
Est. [13] [11] Origin [13] Etymology [9] [14] Population
(2023) [7]
Total Area [8] Map
AdamsCounty 001 Natchez AD1799One of two original counties in the Mississippi Territory formed by Governor Winthrop Sargent [15] John Adams (1735–1826), Founding Father and 2nd U.S. President 28,746487.9 sq mi
(1,264 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Adams County.svg
AlcornCounty 003 Corinth AL1870Formed from Tippiah and Tishomingo Counties James L. Alcorn (1816–1894), 28th Governor of Mississippi and U.S. Senator 34,135401.3 sq mi
(1,039 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Alcorn County.svg
AmiteCounty 005 Liberty AM1809Formed from Wilkinson County Amite River, from potential corruption of Choctaw word for "young"12,442731.7 sq mi
(1,895 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Amite County.svg
AttalaCounty 007 Kosciusko AT1833Formed from Madison CountyFictional Native American heroine from the early 19th-century novel Atala by François-René de Chateaubriand 17,359736.7 sq mi
(1,908 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Attala County.svg
BentonCounty 009 Ashland BE1870Formed from Marshall and Tippah CountiesThought to be named for U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton, the true namesake is Samuel Benton (1820–1864), Confederate brigadier general [16] 7,438408.6 sq mi
(1,058 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Benton County.svg
BolivarCounty 011 Cleveland,
Rosedale
BO1836Formed from Tallahatchie and Washington Counties and Unorganized Simon Bolivar (1783–1830), South American democratic revolutionary28,968905.7 sq mi
(2,346 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Bolivar County.svg
CalhounCounty 013 Pittsboro CN1852Formed from Chickasaw, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), 7th U.S. Vice President 12,685588 sq mi
(1,523 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Calhoun County.svg
CarrollCounty 015 Carrollton,
Vaiden
CA1833Formed from Unorganized and Lowndes, Monroe, and Washington Counties Charles Carroll (1737–1832), last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence 9,535634.5 sq mi
(1,643 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Carroll County.svg
ChickasawCounty 017 Houston,
Okolona
CS1836Formed from Monroe County and Unorganized Chickasaw Native Americans16,866504.3 sq mi
(1,306 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Chickasaw County.svg
ChoctawCounty 019 Ackerman CH1833Formed from Unorganized and Lowndes, Madison, and Monroe Counties Choctaw Native Americans8,088420.3 sq mi
(1,089 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Choctaw County.svg
ClaiborneCounty 021 Port Gibson CB1802Formed from Jefferson (Pickering) County William C. C. Claiborne (c. 1773–1775–1817), 2nd Governor of Mississippi Territory8,617500.9 sq mi
(1,297 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Claiborne County.svg
ClarkeCounty 023 Quitman CK1833Formed from Wayne County Joshua G. Clarke (1780–1828), Mississippi Supreme Court Justice and 1st Chancellor of the Mississippi Chancery Courts 15,228693.4 sq mi
(1,796 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Clarke County.svg
ClayCounty 025 West Point CL1871Formed from Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe and Oktibbeha Counties as Colfax County [a] Henry Clay (1777–1852), 9th U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Senator18,206415.9 sq mi
(1,077 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Clay County.svg
CoahomaCounty 027 Clarksdale CO1836Formed from UnorganizedChoctaw for "red panther"20,077583.1 sq mi
(1,510 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Coahoma County.svg
CopiahCounty 029 Hazlehurst CP1823Formed from Franklin, Hinds, and Lawrence Counties Copiah Creek, from Choctaw for "calling panther"27,664779.4 sq mi
(2,019 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Copiah County.svg
CovingtonCounty 031 Collins CV1819Formed from Lawrence and Wayne Counties Leonard Covington (1768–1813), U.S. House Representative and War of 1812 brigadier general18,059414.9 sq mi
(1,075 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Covington County.svg
DeSotoCounty 033 Hernando DS1836Formed from Monroe and Washington Counties Hernando de Soto (c. 1497–1542), Spanish explorer of the Americas193,247497.2 sq mi
(1,288 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting DeSoto County.svg
ForrestCounty 035 Hattiesburg FO1908Formed from Perry County Nathan B. Forrest (1821–1877), Confederate general and 1st Grand Wizard of the First Ku Klux Klan [19] 78,208470.2 sq mi
(1,218 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Forrest County.svg
FranklinCounty 037 Meadville FR1809Formed from Adams, Amite, and Wilkinson Counties Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), Founding Father, drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and influential polymath7,610566.5 sq mi
(1,467 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Franklin County.svg
GeorgeCounty 039 Lucedale GE1910Formed from Greene and Jackson Counties James Z. George (1826–1897), U.S. Senator and Confederate colonel [20] 25,619483.6 sq mi
(1,253 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting George County.svg
GreeneCounty 041 Leakesville GN1811Formed from Wayne County Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), Revolutionary War general13,601718.7 sq mi
(1,861 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Greene County.svg
GrenadaCounty 043 Grenada GR1870Formed from Carroll, Choctaw, Tallahatchie and Yalobusha CountiesSpanish province of Granada 21,065449.4 sq mi
(1,164 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Grenada County.svg
HancockCounty 045 Bay St. Louis HA1812Formed from Mobile County (AL) John Hancock (1737–1793), Founding Father, first signer of the Declaration of Independence, and 4th and 13th President of the Continental Congress 46,159484 sq mi
(1,254 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Hancock County.svg
HarrisonCounty 047 Gulfport,
Biloxi
HR1841Formed from Hancock and Jackson Counties William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), 9th U.S. President210,612584.5 sq mi
(1,514 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Harrison County.svg
HindsCounty 049 Jackson,
Raymond
HI1821Formed from Unorganized land Thomas Hinds (1780–1840), U.S. House Representative and War of 1812 major general214,870877.3 sq mi
(2,272 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Hinds County.svg
HolmesCounty 051 Lexington HO1833Formed from Yazoo County David Holmes (1769–1832), 1st and 5th Governor of Mississippi and U.S. Senator15,777764.5 sq mi
(1,980 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Holmes County.svg
HumphreysCounty 053 Belzoni HU1918Formed from Holmes, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington and Yazoo Counties Benjamin G. Humphreys (1808–1882), 26th Governor of Mississippi and Confederate brigadier general [21] 7,216431.3 sq mi
(1,117 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Humphreys County.svg
IssaquenaCounty 055 Mayersville IS1844Formed from Washington County Issaquena Creek, from Choctaw for "deer river"1,256436.7 sq mi
(1,131 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Issaquena County.svg
ItawambaCounty 057 Fulton IT1836Formed from Monroe County Itawamba (c. 1759–1834), Chickasaw chief24,093540.4 sq mi
(1,400 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Itawamba County.svg
JacksonCounty 059 Pascagoula JA1812Formed from Mobile County (AL) Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), 7th U.S. President and War of 1812 hero146,389740.8 sq mi
(1,919 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Jackson County.svg
JasperCounty 061 Bay Springs,
Paulding
JS1833Formed from Jones and Wayne Counties William Jasper (c. 1750–1779), Revolutionary War sergeant16,013677.4 sq mi
(1,754 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Jasper County.svg
JeffersonCounty 063 Fayette JE1799Origianlly known as Pickering, [b] one of two original counties in the Mississippi Territory formed by Governor Winthrop Sargent [15] Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Founding Father, 3rd U.S. President, and primary author of the Declaration of Independence6,941527.1 sq mi
(1,365 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Jefferson County.svg
Jefferson DavisCounty 065 Prentiss JD1906Formed from Covington and Lawrence Counties Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), 1st Confederate States President and U.S. Senator [23] 10,969409.2 sq mi
(1,060 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Jefferson Davis County.svg
JonesCounty 067 Laurel,
Ellisville
JO1826Formed from Covington and Wayne Counties John Paul Jones (1747–1792), Revolutionary War naval captain who is known as the "Father of the American Navy" [c] 66,250699.7 sq mi
(1,812 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Jones County.svg
KemperCounty 069 De Kalb KE1833Formed from Lowndes, Rankin and Wayne Counties Reuben Kemper (1771–1827), American pioneer and revolutionary in Spanish Florida 8,584767 sq mi
(1,987 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Kemper County.svg
LafayetteCounty 071 Oxford LA1836Formed from Monroe County Marquis de la Fayette (1757–1834), French-born Revolutionary War general58,467679.3 sq mi
(1,759 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Lafayette County.svg
LamarCounty 073 Purvis LM1904Formed from Marion and Pearl River Counties Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825–1893), Confederate colonel, U.S. Senator, United States Secretary of the Interior, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 66,217500.4 sq mi
(1,296 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Lamar County.svg
LauderdaleCounty 075 Meridian LD1833Formed from Rankin and Wayne Counties James Lauderdale (1768–1814), War of 1812 colonel70,527715.3 sq mi
(1,853 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Lauderdale County.svg
LawrenceCounty 077 Monticello LW1814Formed from Marion County James Lawrence (1781–1813), War of 1812 naval captain of the USS Chesapeake 11,741435.8 sq mi
(1,129 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Lawrence County.svg
LeakeCounty 079 Carthage LK1833Formed from Madison and Rankin Counties Walter Leake (1762–1825), 3rd Governor of Mississippi and U.S. Senator21,258585.4 sq mi
(1,516 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Leake County.svg
LeeCounty 081 Tupelo LE1866Formed from Itawamba and Pontotoc Counties Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States 82,799453.1 sq mi
(1,174 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Lee County.svg
LefloreCounty 083 Greenwood LF1871Formed from Carroll and Sunflower Counties Greenwood LeFlore (1800–1865), Chief of the Choctaw Nation and state senator and representative26,378606.3 sq mi
(1,570 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Leflore County.svg
LincolnCounty 085 Brookhaven LI1870Formed from Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence and Pike Counties Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th U.S. President34,702588.2 sq mi
(1,523 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Lincoln County.svg
LowndesCounty 087 Columbus LO1830Formed from Monroe County and Unorganized William Jones Lowndes (1782–1822), U.S. House Representative57,283516.3 sq mi
(1,337 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Lowndes County.svg
MadisonCounty 089 Canton MD1828Formed from Yazoo County James Madison (1751–1836), Founding Father, 4th U.S. President, and "Father of the Constitution"112,511742.2 sq mi
(1,922 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Madison County.svg
MarionCounty 091 Columbia MA1811Formed from Unorganized and Amite, Franklin and Wayne Counties Francis Marion (c. 1732–1795), Revolutionary War lieutenant colonel24,224548.7 sq mi
(1,421 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Marion County.svg
MarshallCounty 093 Holly Springs MR1836Formed from Monroe County John Marshall (1755–1835), Chief Justice of the United States who shaped the Supreme Court's power34,123709.7 sq mi
(1,838 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Marshall County.svg
MonroeCounty 095 Aberdeen MO1821Formed from Unorganized land James Monroe (1758–1831), Founding Father and 5th U.S. President33,609772.1 sq mi
(2,000 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Monroe County.svg
MontgomeryCounty 097 Winona MT1871Formed from Carroll and Choctaw Counties Richard Montgomery (1738–1775), Revolutionary War major general9,600407.8 sq mi
(1,056 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Montgomery County.svg
NeshobaCounty 099 Philadelphia NE1833Formed from Jones, Madison, Rankin and Wayne CountiesChoctaw for "wolf"28,789571.7 sq mi
(1,481 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Neshoba County.svg
NewtonCounty 101 Decatur NW1836Formed from Neshoba County Isaac Newton (1642–1726/27), English polymath who was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment 21,019579.6 sq mi
(1,501 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Newton County.svg
NoxubeeCounty 103 Macon NO1833Formed from Lowndes and Rankin Counties Noxubee River, from Choctaw for “to smell as newly caught fish; to stink, as fish", "strong smelling", or "offensive odor"9,914700.1 sq mi
(1,813 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Noxubee County.svg
OktibbehaCounty 105 Starkville OK1833Formed from Lowndes County Tibbee Creek, from Choctaw for "fighting water" or "blocks of ice therein"51,203462 sq mi
(1,197 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Oktibbeha County.svg
PanolaCounty 107 Batesville,
Sardis
PA1836Formed from Monroe and Washington Counties and UnorganizedChoctaw for "cotton"32,669705.2 sq mi
(1,826 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Panola County.svg
Pearl RiverCounty 109 Poplarville PR1890Formed from Hancock and Marion Counties Pearl River 57,978819.1 sq mi
(2,121 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Pearl River County.svg
PerryCounty 111 New Augusta PE1820Formed from Greene County Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), War of 1812 naval captain11,315650.2 sq mi
(1,684 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Perry County.svg
PikeCounty 113 Magnolia PI1815Formed from Marion County Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), western explorer and War of 1812 brigadier general39,394410.6 sq mi
(1,063 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Pike County.svg
PontotocCounty 115 Pontotoc PO1836Formed from Monroe CountyChickasaw name for a nearby creek, meaning "hanging grapes" or "cattail prairie"31,535501 sq mi
(1,298 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Pontotoc County.svg
PrentissCounty 117 Booneville PS1870Formed from Itawamba and Tishomingo Counties Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808–1850), U.S. House Representative25,135418.2 sq mi
(1,083 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Prentiss County.svg
QuitmanCounty 119 Marks QU1877Formed from Coahoma, Panola, Tallahatchie and Tunica Counties John A. Quitman (1798–1858), 10th and 16th Governor of Mississippi and U.S. House Representative5,546406.4 sq mi
(1,053 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Quitman County.svg
RankinCounty 121 Brandon RA1828Formed from Hinds County Christopher Rankin (1788–1826), U.S. House Representative160,417805.9 sq mi
(2,087 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Rankin County.svg
ScottCounty 123 Forest SC1833Formed from Covington, Jones and Rankin Counties Abram M. Scott (1785–1833), 7th Governor of Mississippi27,507610.4 sq mi
(1,581 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Scott County.svg
SharkeyCounty 125 Rolling Fork SH1876Formed from Issaquena and Washington Counties William L. Sharkey (1798–1873), 25th Governor of Mississippi and Mississippi Supreme Court justice3,336435.3 sq mi
(1,127 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Sharkey County.svg
SimpsonCounty 127 Mendenhall SI1824Formed from Copiah CountyJosiah Simpson, Mississippi Territory judge and delegate to the 1817 Mississippi Constitutional Convention [25] 25,715590.5 sq mi
(1,529 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Simpson County.svg
SmithCounty 129 Raleigh SM1833Formed from Covington, Jones and Rankin CountiesDavid Smith, Revolutionary War major [26] 14,099637.3 sq mi
(1,651 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Smith County.svg
StoneCounty 131 Wiggins ST1916Formed from Harrison County John M. Stone (1830–1900), 31st and 33rd Governor of Mississippi [27] 18,756448.1 sq mi
(1,161 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Stone County.svg
SunflowerCounty 133 Indianola SU1844Formed from Bolivar County Sunflower River 24,468706.9 sq mi
(1,831 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Sunflower County.svg
TallahatchieCounty 135 Charleston,
Sumner
TL1833Formed from Washington and Monroe Counties and Unorganized Tallahatchie River, from Choctaw for "river of the rock"11,837652.2 sq mi
(1,689 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Tallahatchie County.svg
TateCounty 137 Senatobia TA1873Formed from DeSoto and Marshall CountiesThomas Simpson Tate, one of the county's original settlers28,261411 sq mi
(1,064 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Tate County.svg
TippahCounty 139 Ripley TI1836Formed from Monroe CountyChickasaw for "to eat one another"21,287459.9 sq mi
(1,191 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Tippah County.svg
TishomingoCounty 141 Iuka TS1836Formed from Monroe County Chief Tishomingo (c.1735–c.1837), Chickasaw chief18,507444.6 sq mi
(1,152 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Tishomingo County.svg
TunicaCounty 143 Tunica TU1836Formed from Washington County and Unorganized Tunica Native Americans9,234480.8 sq mi
(1,245 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Tunica County.svg
UnionCounty 145 New Albany UN1870Formed from Lee, Pontotoc and Tippah CountiesReunion of Confederacy with the United States28,284416.9 sq mi
(1,080 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Union County.svg
WalthallCounty 147 Tylertown WL1910 [d] Formed from Marion and Pike Counties Edward Walthall (1831–1898), Confederate general and U.S. Senator [29] 13,863404.3 sq mi
(1,047 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Walthall County.svg
WarrenCounty 149 Vicksburg WR1809Formed from Claiborne County and Unorganized Joseph Warren (1741–1775), Founding Father and Revolutionary War general42,298620.1 sq mi
(1,606 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Warren County.svg
WashingtonCounty 151 Greenville WS1827Formed from Warren and Yazoo Counties George Washington (1732–1799), Founding Father and 1st U.S. President41,946760.9 sq mi
(1,971 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Washington County.svg
WayneCounty 153 Waynesboro WA1809Formed from Washington County (AL) Anthony Wayne (1745–1796), Revolutionary War major general and Senior Officer of the United States Army 19,703813.5 sq mi
(2,107 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Wayne County.svg
WebsterCounty 155 Walthall WE1874Formed from Chickasaw, Choctaw and Montgomery Counties as Sumner County [e] Daniel Webster (1782–1852), 14th and 19th U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Senator9,988422.8 sq mi
(1,095 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Webster County.svg
WilkinsonCounty 157 Woodville WK1802Formed from Adams County James Wilkinson (1757–1825), Revolutionary War general, Senior Officer of the United States Army, and double agent for the Kingdom of Spain8,058687.2 sq mi
(1,780 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Wilkinson County.svg
WinstonCounty 159 Louisville WI1833Formed from Lowndes, Madison, and Rankin Counties Louis L. Winston (1784–1824), Mississippi Supreme Court justice17,416610.1 sq mi
(1,580 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Winston County.svg
YalobushaCounty 161 Water Valley,
Coffeeville
YA1833Formed from Monroe and Washington Counties and Unorganized Yalobusha River, from Choctaw meaning "tadpole place"12,386495 sq mi
(1,282 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Yalobusha County.svg
YazooCounty 163 Yazoo City YZ1823Formed from Hinds County Yazoo River, named for the Yazoo people 25,796933.9 sq mi
(2,419 km2)
Map of Mississippi highlighting Yazoo County.svg

Former counties

List of former counties
CountyEstablishedAbolishedNotesRef.
Bainbridge County January 17, 1823January 21, 1824Created from Covington County, it was eventually subsumed back into it a year later. [17]
Pearl County February 21, 1872February 28, 1878Created from Hancock County, it gained territory from Marion County before being subsumed back into Hancock and Marion. Because of financial problems and a sparse population, Pearl County was abolished. [17] [31]

See also

Footnotes

  1. From 1871 to 1876, [17] Clay County was named Colfax County after Schuyler Colfax (1823–1885), 17th U.S. Vice President. [18]
  2. From 1799 to 1802, [17] Jefferson County was named Pickering County after Timothy Pickering (1745–1829), 3rd U.S. Secretary of State. [22]
  3. From 1865 to 1869, [17] Jones County was renamed Davis County in honor of Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), 1st Confederate States President and U.S. Senator. [17] [24]
  4. Walthall was formed in 1910; however, because of a legal technicality, its government was not formed until 1914. [28]
  5. From 1874 to 1882, [17] Webster County was named Sumner County after Charles Sumner (1811–1874), U.S. Senator and leading advocate of abolition. [30]

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Robertson County is a county located on the central northern border of Tennessee in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 72,803. Its seat of government is Springfield. The county was named for James Robertson, an explorer, founder of Nashville, and a state senator, who was often called the "Father of Middle Tennessee." Robertson County is a component of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Webster County, Mississippi</span> County in Mississippi, United States

Webster County is a county located in center of the U.S. state of Mississippi, bordered on the south by the Big Black River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,926.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walthall County, Mississippi</span> County in Mississippi, United States

Walthall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,884. Its county seat is Tylertown. The county is named after Civil War Confederate general and Mississippi Senator Edward C. Walthall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lincoln County, Mississippi</span> County in Mississippi, United States

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,907. Its county seat is Brookhaven. The county was created by the legislature on April 7, 1870, during the Reconstruction Era. It was formed from portions of Lawrence, Pike, Franklin, Copiah, and Amite counties. It was named for Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln County comprises the Brookhaven, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Jackson–Vicksburg–Brookhaven Combined Statistical Area. The county is southwest of the state capital of Jackson.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lawrence County, Mississippi</span> County in Mississippi, United States

Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,016. Its county seat is Monticello. The county is named for the naval hero James Lawrence.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jefferson County, Mississippi</span> County in Mississippi, United States

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi; its western border is formed by the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,260, making it the fourth-least populous county in Mississippi. Its first county seat was located at Old Greenville until 1825, which no longer exists, before moving to Fayette. The county is named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. One of the first of two counties organized in the Mississippi Territory in 1798 along with Adams County, it was first named Pickering County and included what would become Claiborne County. Originally developed as cotton plantations in the antebellum era, the rural county has struggled with a declining economy and reduced population since the mechanization of agriculture and urbanization of other areas. In 2020, its population of 7,260 was roughly one-third of the population peak in 1900. Within the United States, in 2009 rural Jefferson County had the highest percentage of African-Americans of any county. It was the fourth-poorest county in the nation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tylertown, Mississippi</span> Town in Mississippi, United States

Tylertown is a town in and the county seat of Walthall County, Mississippi, United States. This town is fifty-five miles southwest of Hattiesburg. The population was 1,609 at the 2010 census.

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