MISSISSIPPI
Browse Mississippi County Histories
Click on a county to see its history. Jurisdictions with resources have a green border. Those displayed in gray are counties that are no longer active under their original designation; to delve deeper into the various reasons for their change, please visit our Understanding Extinct Counties page.
ADAMS COUNTY
ALCORN COUNTY
AMITE COUNTY
ATTALA COUNTY
BAINBRIDGE COUNTY
(EXTINCT, 1823-1824) BENTON COUNTY BOLIVAR COUNTY CALHOUN COUNTY CARROLL COUNTY CHICKASAW COUNTY CHOCTAW COUNTY CLAIBORNE COUNTY CLARKE COUNTY CLAY COUNTY
(FORMERLY COLFAX COUNTY) COAHOMA COUNTY COLFAX COUNTY
(EXTINCT, 1871-1876) COPIAH COUNTY COVINGTON COUNTY DE SOTO COUNTY FORREST COUNTY FRANKLIN COUNTY GEORGE COUNTY GREENE COUNTY GRENADA COUNTY HANCOCK COUNTY HARRISON COUNTY HINDS COUNTY HOLMES COUNTY HUMPHREYS COUNTY ISSAQUENA COUNTY ITAWAMBA COUNTY JACKSON COUNTY JASPER COUNTY JEFFERSON COUNTY
(FORMERLY PICKERING COUNTY) JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY JONES COUNTY KEMPER COUNTY LAFAYETTE COUNTY LAMAR COUNTY LAUDERDALE COUNTY LAWRENCE COUNTY LEAKE COUNTY LEE COUNTY LEFLORE COUNTY LINCOLN COUNTY LOWNDES COUNTY MADISON COUNTY MARION COUNTY MARSHALL COUNTY MONROE COUNTY MONTGOMERY COUNTY NESHOBA COUNTY NEWTON COUNTY NOXUBEE COUNTY OKTIBBEHA COUNTY PANOLA COUNTY PEARL RIVER COUNTY PERRY COUNTY PICKERING COUNTY
(EXTINCT, 1799-1802) PIKE COUNTY PONTOTOC COUNTY PRENTISS COUNTY QUITMAN COUNTY RANKIN COUNTY SCOTT COUNTY SHARKEY COUNTY SIMPSON COUNTY SMITH COUNTY STONE COUNTY SUMNER COUNTY
(EXTINCT, 1874-1882) SUNFLOWER COUNTY TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY TATE COUNTY TIPPAH COUNTY TISHOMINGO COUNTY TUNICA COUNTY UNION COUNTY WALTHALL COUNTY WARREN COUNTY WASHINGTON COUNTY WAYNE COUNTY WEBSTER COUNTY
(FORMERLY SUMNER COUNTY) WILKINSON COUNTY WINSTON COUNTY YALOBUSHA COUNTY YAZOO COUNTY
(EXTINCT, 1823-1824) BENTON COUNTY BOLIVAR COUNTY CALHOUN COUNTY CARROLL COUNTY CHICKASAW COUNTY CHOCTAW COUNTY CLAIBORNE COUNTY CLARKE COUNTY CLAY COUNTY
(FORMERLY COLFAX COUNTY) COAHOMA COUNTY COLFAX COUNTY
(EXTINCT, 1871-1876) COPIAH COUNTY COVINGTON COUNTY DE SOTO COUNTY FORREST COUNTY FRANKLIN COUNTY GEORGE COUNTY GREENE COUNTY GRENADA COUNTY HANCOCK COUNTY HARRISON COUNTY HINDS COUNTY HOLMES COUNTY HUMPHREYS COUNTY ISSAQUENA COUNTY ITAWAMBA COUNTY JACKSON COUNTY JASPER COUNTY JEFFERSON COUNTY
(FORMERLY PICKERING COUNTY) JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY JONES COUNTY KEMPER COUNTY LAFAYETTE COUNTY LAMAR COUNTY LAUDERDALE COUNTY LAWRENCE COUNTY LEAKE COUNTY LEE COUNTY LEFLORE COUNTY LINCOLN COUNTY LOWNDES COUNTY MADISON COUNTY MARION COUNTY MARSHALL COUNTY MONROE COUNTY MONTGOMERY COUNTY NESHOBA COUNTY NEWTON COUNTY NOXUBEE COUNTY OKTIBBEHA COUNTY PANOLA COUNTY PEARL RIVER COUNTY PERRY COUNTY PICKERING COUNTY
(EXTINCT, 1799-1802) PIKE COUNTY PONTOTOC COUNTY PRENTISS COUNTY QUITMAN COUNTY RANKIN COUNTY SCOTT COUNTY SHARKEY COUNTY SIMPSON COUNTY SMITH COUNTY STONE COUNTY SUMNER COUNTY
(EXTINCT, 1874-1882) SUNFLOWER COUNTY TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY TATE COUNTY TIPPAH COUNTY TISHOMINGO COUNTY TUNICA COUNTY UNION COUNTY WALTHALL COUNTY WARREN COUNTY WASHINGTON COUNTY WAYNE COUNTY WEBSTER COUNTY
(FORMERLY SUMNER COUNTY) WILKINSON COUNTY WINSTON COUNTY YALOBUSHA COUNTY YAZOO COUNTY