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Adams County - Formed in 1799. County seat is Natchez.

Alcorn County - Formed in 1870. County seat is Corinth.

Amite County - Formed in 1809. County seat is Liberty

Attala County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Kosciusko


Benton County - Formed in 1870. County seat is Ashland.

Bolivar County - Formed in 1836. County seats are Cleveland & Rosedale.


Calhoun County - Formed in 1852. County seat is Pittsboro.

Carroll County - Formed in 1833. County seats are Carrollton & Vaiden.

Chickasaw County - Formed in 1836. County seats are Houston & Okolona.

Choctaw County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Ackerman.

Claiborne County - Formed in 1802. County seat is Port Gibson.

Clarke County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Quitman.

Clay County - Formed in 1871. County seat is West Point.

Coahoma County - Formed in 1836. County seat is Clarksdale.

Copiah County - Formed in 1823. County seat is Hazlehurst.

Covington County - Formed in 1819. County seat is Collins.


Desoto County - Formed in 1836. County seat is Hernando.


Forrest County - Formed in 1906. County seat is Hattiesburg.

Franklin County - Formed in 1809. County seat is Meadville.


George County - Formed in 1910. County seat is Lucedale.

Greene County - Formed in 1811. County seat is Leakesville.

Grenada County - Formed in 1870. County seat is Grenada.


Hancock County - Formed in 1812. County seat is Bay Saint Louis.

Harrison County - Formed in 1841. County seats are Gulfport & Biloxi.

Hinds County - Formed in 1821. County seats are Jackson & Raymond.

Holmes County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Lexington.

Humphreys County - Formed in 1918. County seat is Belzoni.


Issaquena County - Formed in 1844. County seat is Mayersville.

Itawamba County - Formed in 1836. County seat is Fulton.


Jackson County - Formed in 1812. County seat is Pascagoula.

Jasper County - Formed in 1833. County seats are Bay Springs & Paulding.

Jefferson County - Formed in 1799. County seat is Fayette.

Jefferson Davis County - Formed in 1906. County seat is Prentiss.

Jones County - Formed in 1826. County seats are Laurel & Ellisville.


Kemper County - Formed in 1833. County seat is De Kalb.


Lafayette County - Formed in 1836. County seat is Oxford.

Lamar County - Formed in 1904. County seat is Purvis.

Lauderdale County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Meridian.

Lawrence County - Formed in 1814. County seat is Monticello.

Leake County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Carthage.

Lee County - Formed in 1866. County seat is Tupelo.

Leflore County - Formed in 1871. County seat is Greenwood.

Lincoln County - Formed in 1870. County seat is Brookhaven.

Lowndes County - Formed in 1830. County seat is Columbus.


Madison County - Formed in 1828. County seat is Canton.

Marion County - Formed in 1811. County seat is Columbia.

Marshall County - Formed in 1836. County seat is Holly Springs.

Monroe County - Formed in 1821. County seat is Aberdeen.

Montgomery County - Formed in 1871. County seat is Winona.


Neshoba County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Philadelphia.

Newton County - Formed in 1836. County seat is Decatur.

Noxubee County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Macon.


Oktibbeha County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Starkville.


Panola County - Formed in 1836. County seats are Batesville & Sardis.

Pearl River County - Formed in 1890. County seat is Poplarville.

Perry County - Formed in 1820. County seat is New Augusta.

Pike County - Formed in 1815. County seat is Magnolia.

Pontotoc County - Formed in 1836. County seat is Pontotoc.

Prentiss County - Formed in 1870. County seat is Booneville.


Quitman County - Formed in 1877. County seat is Marks.


Rankin County - Formed in 1828. County seat is Brandon.


Scott County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Forest.

Sharkey County - Formed in 1876. County seat is Rolling Fork.

Simpson County - Formed in 1824. County seat is Mendenhall.

Smith County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Raleigh.

Stone County - Formed in 1916. County seat is Wiggins.

Sunflower County - Formed in 1844. County seat is Indianola.


Tallahatchie County - Formed in 1833. County seats are Charleston & Sumner.

Tate County - Formed in 1873. County seat is Senatobia.

Tippah County - Formed in 1836. County seat is Ripley.

Tishomingo County - Formed in 1836. County seat is Iuka.

Tunica County - Formed in 1836. County seat is Tunica.


Union County - Formed in 1870. County seat is New Albany.


Walthall County - Formed in 1910. County seat is Tylertown.

Warren County - Formed in 1809. County seat is Vicksburg.

Washington County - Formed in 1827. County seat is Greenville.

Wayne County - Formed in 1809. County seat is Waynesboro.

Webster County - Formed in 1874. County seat is Walthall.

Wilkinson County - Formed in 1802. County seat is Woodville.

Winston County - Formed in 1833. County seat is Louisville.


Yalobusha County - Formed in 1833. County seats are Water Valley & Coffeeville.

Yazoo County - Formed in 1823. County seat is Yazoo City.



HISTORIC COUNTIES (no longer in existence)


Bainbridge County - Existed from 1823 thru 1824. Created from Covington County. In 1824 merged back into Covington County.


Bourbon County - Existed from 1785 thru 1788. Land that is currently Adams and Wilkinson Counties.


Colfax County - Existed from 1871 thru 1876. Created from Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe, & Oktibbeha in 1871. In 1876 the name was changed to Clay County.


Davis County - Existed from 1865 thru 1869. Jones County changed its name to Davis in 1865. In 1869 the name was changed back to Jones County.


Pickering County - Existed from 1799 thru 1802. In 1802, when Claiborne was formed from Pickering County, Pickering's name was changed to Jefferson County.


Sumner County - Existed from 1874 thru 1882. Created from Montgomery, Chickasaw, Choctaw Counties in 1874, and part of Oktibbeha County in 1875. The name was changed to Webster County in 1882.