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.