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| County
| Date
Created |
Parent County |
County
Seat |
|
Adams |
1799 |
Natchez District |
Natchez |
| Alcorn |
1870 |
Tippah / Tishomingo |
Corinth |
| Amite |
1809 |
Wilkinson |
Liberty |
| Attala |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Kosciusko |
| Benton |
1870 |
Marshall / Tippah |
Ashland |
| Bolivar |
1836 |
Choctaw Cession Of 1830 |
Cleveland |
| Calhoun |
1852 |
Chickasaw / Lafayette / Yalobusha |
Pittsboro |
| Carroll |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession |
Carrollton |
| Chickasaw |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1830 |
Houston |
| Choctaw |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession |
Ackerman |
| Claiborne |
1802 |
Jefferson |
Port Gibson |
| Clarke |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Quitman |
| Clay |
1871 |
Chickasaw / Lowndes /Monroe / Oktibbeha |
West Point |
| Coahoma |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1836 |
Clarksdale |
| Copiah |
1823 |
Hinds |
Hazlehurst |
| Covington |
1819 |
Lawrence / Wayne |
Collins |
| DeSoto |
1836 |
Indian Lands |
Hernando |
| Forrest |
1906 |
Perry |
Hattiesburg |
| Franklin |
1809 |
Adams |
Meadville |
| George |
1910 |
Greene / Jackson |
Lucedale |
| Greene |
1811 |
Amite / Franklin / Wayne |
Leakesville |
| Grenada |
1870 |
Carroll/Yalobusha /Montgomery/Tallahatchie/Webster/Choctaw |
Grenada |
| Hancock |
1812 |
Mobile District |
Bay Saint Louis |
| Harrison |
1841 |
Hancock / Jackson |
Gulfport |
| Hinds |
1821 |
Choctaw Cession of 1820 |
Jackson |
| Holmes |
1833 |
Yazoo |
Lexington |
| Humphreys |
1918 |
Holmes / Washington /Yazoo / Sunflower |
Belzoni |
| Issaquena |
1844 |
Washington |
Mayersville |
| Itawamba |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Fulton |
| Jackson |
1812 |
Mobile District |
Pascagoula |
| Jasper |
1833 |
Indian Lands |
Bay Springs |
| Jefferson |
1799 |
Natchez |
Fayette |
Jefferson Davis
|
1906 |
Covington / Lawrence |
Prentiss |
| Jones |
1826 |
Covington / Wayne |
Laurel / Ellisville |
| Kemper |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
De Kalb |
| Lafayette |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession |
Oxford |
| Lamar |
1904 |
Marion / Pearl River |
Purvis |
| Lauderdale |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1833 |
Meridian |
| Lawrence |
1814 |
Marion |
Monticello |
| Leake |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession |
Carthage |
| Lee |
1866 |
Itawamba / Pontotoc |
Tupelo |
| Leflore |
1871 |
Carroll / Sunflower / Tallahatchie |
Greenwood |
| Lincoln |
1870 |
Franklin / Lawrence /Copiah / Pike / Amite |
Brookhaven |
| Lowndes |
1830 |
Monroe |
Columbus |
| Madison |
1828 |
Yazoo |
Canton |
| Marion |
1811 |
Amite / Wayne / Franklin |
Columbia |
| Marshall |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Holly Springs |
| Monroe |
1821 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1821 |
Aberdeen |
| Montgomery |
1871 |
Carroll / Choctaw |
Winona |
| Neshoba |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Philadelphia |
| Newton |
1836 |
Neshoba |
Decatur |
| Noxubee |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Macon |
| Oktibbeha |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Starkville |
| Panola |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1830 |
Batesville |
| Pearl River |
1890 |
Hancock / Marion |
Poplarville |
| Perry |
1820 |
Greene |
New Augusta |
| Pike |
1815 |
Marion |
Magnolia |
| Pontotoc |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Pontotoc |
| Prentiss |
1870 |
Tishomingo |
Booneville |
| Quitman |
1877 |
Panola / Coahoma |
Marks |
| Rankin |
1828 |
Hinds |
Brandon |
| Scott |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1832 |
Forest |
| Sharkey |
1876 |
Warren / Washington / Issaquena |
Rolling Fork |
| Simpson |
1824 |
Choctaw Cession of 1820 |
Mendenhall |
| Smith |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Raleigh |
| Stone |
1916 |
Harrison |
Wiggins |
| Sunflower |
1844 |
Bolivar |
Indianola |
| Tallahatchie |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Charleston |
| Tate |
1873 |
Marshall / Tunica / DeSoto |
Senatobia |
| Tippah |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Ripley |
| Tishomingo |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Iuka |
| Tunica |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Tunica |
| Union |
1870 |
Pontotoc /Tippah |
New Albany |
| Walthall |
1910 |
Marion / Pike |
Tylertown |
| Warren |
1809 |
Natchez District |
Vicksburg |
| Washington |
1827 |
Warren / Yazoo |
Greenville |
| Wayne |
1809 |
Mississippi Territory's "Old"Washington County |
Waynesboro |
| Webster |
1874 |
Montgomery / Chickasaw /Choctaw / Oktibbeha |
Walthall |
| Wilkinson |
1802 |
Adams |
Woodville |
| Winston |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Louisville |
| Yalobusha |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Water Valley |
| Yazoo |
1823 |
Hinds |
Yazoo City
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