List of counties in Mississippi
The US -American state of Mississippi 's 82 counties divided.
The official abbreviation for the State of Mississippi is MS and the FIPS code is 28 .
The FIPS code of each individual county always starts with 28 , followed by a three-digit number for each county.
The population is based on the results of the official 2010 census .
county |
FIPS code |
County Seat |
founding |
origin |
Origin of name |
Residents 2010 |
surface |
map |
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Adams | 001 | Natchez | 1799 | One of two original Mississippi counties | John Adams (1735–1826) - second President of the United States (1789–1797) | 32,297 | 1,192 km² | |
Alcorn | 003 | Corinth | 1870 | Tippiah and Tishomingo Counties | James L. Alcorn (1816–1894) - Mississippi Governor (1870–1871) | 37,057 | 1,036 km² | |
Amite | 005 | Liberty | 1809 | Wilkinson County | Amite River | 13.131 | 1,890 km² | |
Attala | 007 | Kosciusko | 1833 | Madison County | Fictional Indian hero in a novella by François-René de Chateaubriand at the beginning of the 19th century | 19,564 | 1,904 km² | |
Benton | 009 | Ashland | 1870 | Marshall and Tippah Counties | Thomas Hart Benton (politician) (1782-1858) - US Senator from Missouri (1821-1851) | 8,729 | 1,054 km² | |
Bolivar | 011 | Cleveland | 1836 | Tallahatchie and Washington County | Simón Bolívar (1783–1830) - independence fighter and national hero of many South American countries | 34,145 | 2,270 km² | |
Calhoun | 013 | Pittsboro | 1852 | Chickasaw, Lafayette, and Yalobusha Counties | John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) - US Senator from South Carolina (1832–1843, 1845–1850), Secretary of War (1817–1825), Secretary of State (1844–1845) and Vice President of the United States (1825–1832) | 14,962 | 1,519 km² | |
Carroll | 015 | Carrollton | 1833 | Lowndes, Monroe, Washington, and Yazoo Counties | Charles Carroll (1737–1832) - one of the founding fathers and only Catholic co-signer of the United States' Declaration of Independence | 10,597 | 1,626 km² | |
Chickasaw | 017 | Houston , Okolona | 1836 | Monroe County and Indian Land | Chickasaw - Indian tribe that used to inhabit the area | 17,392 | 1,299 km² | |
Choctaw | 019 | Ackerman | 1833 | Lowndes, Madison, Monroe, and Yazoo Counties | Choctaw - Indian tribe that used to inhabit the area | 8,547 | 1,085 km² | |
Claiborne | 021 | Port Gibson | 1802 | Jefferson County | William CC Claiborne (1775-1817) - Governor of Louisiana (1812-1816) | 9,604 | 1,261 km² | |
Clarke | 023 | Quitman | 1833 | Wayne County | Joshua G. Clarke - Mississippi Supreme Court Justice | 16,732 | 1,790 km² | |
Clay | 025 | West Point | 1871 | Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe, and Oktibbeha Counties | Henry Clay (1777–1852) - longtime US Senator from Kentucky , US Secretary of State (1825–1829) | 20,634 | 1,058 km² | |
Coahoma | 027 | Clarksdale | 1836 | Indian country | Indian word for puma | 26,151 | 1,435 km² | |
Copiah | 029 | Hazlehurst | 1823 | Franklin and Hinds County | Indian word for screaming panther | 29,449 | 2,011 km² | |
Covington | 031 | Collins | 1819 | Lawrence and Wayne Counties | Leonard Covington (1768–1813) - Member of the US House of Representatives (1805–1807) | 19,568 | 1,072 km² | |
DeSoto | 033 | Hernando | 1836 | Monroe and Washington Counties | Hernando de Soto (1496 or 1500–1542) - Spanish navigator and conquistador , led the first white expedition to the Mississippi | 161,252 | 1,238 km² | |
Forrest | 035 | Hattiesburg | 1906 | Perry County | Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877) - General of the Confederate Army in the Civil War , later leader of the Ku Klux Klan (1867–1871) | 74,934 | 1,208 km² | |
Franklin | 037 | Meadville | 1809 | Adams County | Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) - one of the founding fathers of the United States | 8,118 | 1,462 km² | |
George | 039 | Lucedale | 1910 | Greene and Jackson County | James Z. George (1826-1897) - US Senator from Mississippi (1881-1897) | 22,578 | 1,239 km² | |
Greene | 041 | Leakesville | 1811 | Wayne County | Nathanael Greene (1742–1786) - General of the Continental Army in the American War of Independence | 14,400 | 1,846 km² | |
Grenada | 043 | Grenada | 1870 | Carroll, Choctaw, Tallahatchie, and Yalobusha Counties | Grenada - island nation in the Caribbean | 21,906 | 1,092 km² | |
Hancock | 045 | Bay Saint Louis | 1812 | Indian country | John Hancock (1737–1793) - co-signer of the US Declaration of Independence , Governor of Massachusetts (1780–1785, 1787–1793) | 43,929 | 1,235 km² | |
Harrison | 047 | Gulfport | 1841 | Hancock County | William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) - ninth President of the US (1841 - shortest term of US President) | 187.105 | 1,505 km² | |
Hinds | 049 | Jackson , Raymond | 1821 | Indian Land ( Choctaw Cession of 1820 ) | Thomas Hinds (1780–1840) - Member of the US House of Representatives (1828–1831) | 245.285 | 2,251 km² | |
Holmes | 051 | Lexington | 1833 | Yazoo County | David Holmes (1769-1832) - Governor of the Mississippi Territory (1809-1817) and the State of Mississippi (1817-1820, 1826) | 19.198 | 1,958 km² | |
Humphreys | 053 | Belzoni | 1918 | Holmes, Sunflower, Washington, and Yazoo Counties | Benjamin G. Humphreys (1808–1882) - Mississippi Governor (1865–1868) | 9,375 | 1,083 km² | |
Issaquena | 055 | Mayersville | 1844 | Washington County | Indian expression for river of deer | 1.406 | 1,070 km² | |
Itawamba | 057 | Fulton | 1836 | Monroe County | Itawamba (? -1834) - Chickasaw chief | 23,401 | 1,379 km² | |
Jackson | 059 | Pascagoula | 1812 | Indian country | Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) - seventh President of the United States (1829–1837) | 139,668 | 1,883 km² | |
Jasper | 061 | Bay Springs , Paulding | 1833 | Jones and Wayne County | William Jasper (1750–1779) - famous soldier in the American Revolutionary War | 17,062 | 1,751 km² | |
Jefferson | 063 | Fayette | 1799 | One of two original Mississippi counties | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) - third President (1801–1809) and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States | 7,726 | 1,345 km² | |
Jefferson Davis | 065 | Prentiss | 1906 | Covington and Lawrence Counties | Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) - first and only President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865) | 12,487 | 1,058 km² | |
Jones | 067 | Laurel , Ellisville | 1826 | Covington and Wayne Counties | John Paul Jones (1747–1792) - fought at sea in the American War of Independence , is considered the father of the US Navy | 67,761 | 1,797 km² | |
Kemper | 069 | De Kalb | 1833 | Lowndes, Rankin, and Wayne Counties | Reuben Kemper (1770–1826) - American settler and militant against Spanish rule on the lower Mississippi | 10,456 | 1,984 km² | |
Lafayette | 071 | Oxford | 1836 | Monroe County | Marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834) - French general in the Continental Army in the American War of Independence | 47,351 | 1,635 km² | |
Lamar | 073 | Purvis | 1904 | Marion and Pearl River Counties | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825–1893) - Confederate Army officer in the Civil War , US Secretary of the Interior (1885–1888), Supreme Court Justice of the US (1888–1893) | 55,658 | 1,287 km² | |
Lauderdale | 075 | meridian | 1833 | Rankin and Wayne County | James Lauderdale (1780–1814) - died as an officer in the British-American War | 80.261 | 1,822 km² | |
Lawrence | 077 | Monticello | 1814 | Marion County | James Lawrence (1781–1813) - American naval officer, killed in the British-American War | 12,929 | 1,115 km² | |
Leake | 079 | Carthage | 1833 | Madison and Rankin Counties | Walter Leake (1762-1825) - Mississippi Governor (1822-1825) | 23,805 | 1,509 km² | |
lee | 081 | Tupelo | 1866 | Itawamba and Pontotoc Counties | Robert Edward Lee (1807–1870) - Commander in Chief of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War | 82,910 | 1,164 km² | |
Leflore | 083 | Greenwood | 1871 | Carroll and Sunflower County | Greenwood LeFlore (1800–1865) - Choctaw chief | 32,317 | 1,533 km² | |
Lincoln | 085 | Brookhaven | 1870 | Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, and Pike Counties | Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) - 16th President of the United States (1861–1865) | 34,869 | 1,517 km² | |
Lowndes | 087 | Columbus | 1830 | Monroe County and Indian Land | William Lowndes (1782–1822) - Member of the US House of Representatives (1811–1822) | 59,779 | 1,301 km² | |
Madison | 089 | Canton | 1828 | Yazoo County | James Madison (1751-1836) - fourth President of the United States (1809-1817) | 95.203 | 1,857 km² | |
Marion | 091 | Columbia | 1811 | Amite, Franklin, and Wayne Counties | Francis Marion (1732–1795) - Officer in the Continental Army and later Brigadier General of the South Carolina Militia in the American Revolutionary War , was nicknamed the Swamp Fox | 27,088 | 1,405 km² | |
Marshall | 093 | Holly Springs | 1836 | Monroe County | John Marshall (1755–1835) - Secretary of State (1800–1801) and Chief Justice of the United States (1801–1835) | 37,144 | 1,829 km² | |
Monroe | 095 | Aberdeen | 1821 | Indian Land ( Chickasaw Cession of 1816 ) | James Monroe (1758–1831) - fifth President of the United States (1817–1825) | 36,989 | 1,979 km² | |
Montgomery | 097 | Winona | 1871 | Carroll and Choctaw Counties | Richard Montgomery (1738-1775) - as a general in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War fallen | 10,925 | 1,054 km² | |
Neshoba | 099 | Philadelphia | 1833 | Jones, Madison, Rankin, and Wayne Counties | American Indian expression for gray wolf | 29,676 | 1,476 km² | |
Newton | 101 | Decatur | 1836 | Neshoba County | Isaac Newton (1643–1727) - English physicist | 21,720 | 1,497 km² | |
Noxubee | 103 | Macon | 1833 | Lowndes and Rankin County | Indian term for stinking water | 11,545 | 1,799 km² | |
Oktibbeha | 105 | Starkville | 1833 | Lowndes County | Indian term for bloody water | 47,671 | 1,185 km² | |
Panola | 107 | Batesville | 1836 | Monroe and Washington Counties | Native American term for cotton | 34,707 | 1,772 km² | |
Pearl River | 109 | Poplarville | 1890 | Hancock and Marion County | Pearl River | 55,834 | 2,191 km² | |
Perry | 111 | New Augusta | 1820 | Greene County | Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819) - American naval officer in the British-American War of 1812 | 12,250 | 1,676 km² | |
pike | 113 | Magnolia | 1815 | Marion County | Zebulon Pike (1779–1813) - officer and explorer, led the Pike expedition from 1806–1807 | 40,404 | 1,059 km² | |
Pontotoc | 115 | Pontotoc | 1836 | Monroe County | Indian term | 29,957 | 1,288 km² | |
Prentiss | 117 | Booneville | 1870 | Itawamba and Tishomingo Counties | Sergeant Smith Prentiss (1808–1850) - Member of the US House of Representatives (1838–1839) | 25,276 | 1,075 km² | |
Quitman | 119 | Marks | 1877 | Coahoma, Panola, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties | John A. Quitman (1799-1858) - Mississippi Governor (1835-1836, 1850-1851) | 8.223 | 1,049 km² | |
Rankin | 121 | Brandon | 1828 | Hinds County | Christopher Rankin (1788–1826) - Member of the US House of Representatives (1819–1826) | 141,617 | 2,006 km² | |
Scott | 123 | Forest | 1833 | Covington, Jones and Rankin Counties | Abram M. Scott (1785–1833) - Mississippi Governor (1832–1833) | 28,254 | 1,578 km² | |
Sharkey | 125 | Rolling fork | 1876 | Issaquena, Warren and Washington Counties | William L. Sharkey (1798–1873) - Mississippi Governor (1865) | 4,916 | 1,108 km² | |
Simpson | 127 | Mendenhall | 1824 | Copiah County | Josiah Simpson - Mississippi Judge | 27.503 | 1,525 km² | |
Smith | 129 | Raleigh | 1833 | Covington, Jones and Rankin Counties | David Smith - naval officer | 15,491 | 1,647 km² | |
Stone | 131 | Wiggins | 1916 | Harrison County | John Marshall Stone (1830–1900) - Mississippi Governor (1876–1882, 1890–1896) | 17,786 | 1,154 km² | |
Sunflower | 133 | Indianola | 1844 | Bolivar County | Sunflower River | 29,450 | 1,797 km² | |
Tallahatchie | 135 | Charleston , Sumner | 1833 | Washington and Yazoo Counties | Tallahatchie River | 15,378 | 1,668 km² | |
Tate | 137 | Senatobia | 1873 | DeSoto and Marshall Counties | Thomas Simpson Tate - one of the first white settlers in the region | 28,886 | 1,048 km² | |
Tippah | 139 | Ripley | 1836 | Monroe County | Tippah - Indian expression | 22,232 | 1,186 km² | |
Tishomingo | 141 | Iuka | 1836 | Monroe County | Tishomingo (1734-1838) - Chickasaw chief | 19,593 | 1,098 km² | |
Tunica | 143 | Tunica | 1836 | Washington County and Indian Land | Tunica - an Indian tribe | 10,778 | 1,178 km² | |
union | 145 | New Albany | 1870 | Lee, Pontotoc, and Tippah Counties | The Union - then common (domestic) term for the USA | 27.134 | 1,076 km² | |
Walthall | 147 | Tylertown | 1912 | Marion and Pike County | Edward C. Walthall (1831–1898) - Confederate Army general in the Civil War , US Senator (1885–1894, 1895–1898) | 15,443 | 1,046 km² | |
Warren | 149 | Vicksburg | 1809 | Claiborne County | Joseph Warren (1741-1775) - First American officer in the American Revolutionary War was | 48,773 | 1,519 km² | |
Washington | 151 | Greenville | 1827 | Warren and Yazoo Counties | George Washington (1732–1799) - first President of the United States (1789–1797) | 51,137 | 1,875 km² | |
Wayne | 153 | Waynesboro | 1809 | Washington County, Alabama | Anthony Wayne (1745–1796) - General in the American War of Independence | 20,747 | 2,099 km² | |
Webster | 155 | Walthall | 1874 | Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Montegomery Counties | Daniel Webster (1782–1852) - US Secretary of State (1841–1843) | 10,253 | 1,094 km² | |
Wilkinson | 157 | Woodville | 1802 | Adams County | James Wilkinson (1757–1825) - General in the British-American War of 1812 and Governor of the Louisiana Territory | 9,878 | 1,753 km² | |
Winston | 159 | Louisville | 1833 | Lowndes, Rankin, and Wayne Counties | Louis Winston - Mississippi Judge | 19.198 | 1,572 km² | |
Yalobusha | 161 | Water Valley | 1833 | Monroe, Washington and Yazoo Counties | Native American word for tadpole location | 12,678 | 1,210 km² | |
Yazoo | 163 | Yazoo City | 1823 | Hinds County | Yazoo Indian tribe | 28,065 | 2,381 km² |
Then there is the fictional Yoknapatawpha County , in which William Faulkner set many of his southern novels.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mississippi FIPS Codes
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau - Mississippi - State & County QuickFacts ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Area information in square miles - conversion into square kilometers
- ↑ US Census 2010.Retrieved February 17, 2011