|
County |
Date Created |
Parent
County |
County
Seat |
County
Coordinators |
|
Special Projects |
|
|
|
 Adoptable
|
|
Adams |
1799 |
Natchez District |
Natchez |
Tina Hall |
|
Alcorn
|
1870 |
Tippah / Tishomingo |
Corinth |
Jeff Kemp |
|
Amite |
1809 |
Wilkinson |
Liberty |
John Cain |
|
Attala |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Kosciusko |
Jeff Kemp |
|
Bainbridge |
1823 -
1824 |
Historic - Created from Covington
Co. Merged back into Covington Co in 1824 |
|
|
|
Benton |
1870 |
Marshall / Tippah |
Ashland |
Melissa McCoy-Bell |
|
Bolivar |
1836 |
Choctaw Cession Of 1830 |
Cleveland & Rosedale |
Debbie Leftwich |
|
Bourbon |
1785 -
1788 |
Historic - Area of current Adams
and Wilkinson County. Formed
as early part of the Yazoo Land
Faud. |
|
|
|
Calhoun |
1852 |
Chickasaw / Lafayette /
Yalobusha |
Pittsboro |
Adoptable |
|
Carroll |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession |
Carrollton & Vaiden |
Leo "Buddy"
Pergson |
|
Chickasaw |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1830 |
Houston & Okolona |
Peggy Young
|
|
Choctaw |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession |
Ackerman |
Denise
Woodside |
|
Claiborne |
1802 |
Jefferson |
Port Gibson |
Adoptable |
|
Clarke |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Quitman |
James
Mobley |
Clay
|
1871 |
Chickasaw / Lowndes /Monroe / Oktibbeha |
West Point |
Adoptable |
|
Coahoma |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1836 |
Clarksdale |
Sara
Cross |
|
Colfax |
1871 - 1876 |
Historic - Created from
Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe, &
Oktibbeha in 1871. Named changed to Clay in 1876. |
|
|
|
Copiah |
1823 |
Hinds |
Hazlehurst |
Adoptable |
|
Covington |
1819 |
Lawrence / Wayne |
Collins |
Gene Phillips |
|
Davis |
1865 - 1869 |
Historic -
Jones Co changed
name to Davis in 1865, back
to Jones in 1869 |
|
|
|
DeSoto |
1836 |
Indian Lands |
Hernando |
Tim Harrison |
|
Forrest |
1906 |
Perry |
Hattiesburg |
Gene Phillips |
|
Franklin |
1809 |
Adams |
Meadville |
Adoptable |
|
George
|
1910 |
Greene / Jackson |
Lucedale |
Pat Kendrick |
|
Greene |
1811 |
Amite / Franklin / Wayne |
Leakesville |
Adoptable |
|
Grenada |
1870 |
Carroll / Yalobusha /
Montgomery /Tallahatchie /
Webster / Choctaw |
Grenada |
Sandy Ward |
|
Hancock |
1812 |
Mobile District |
Bay Saint Louis |
Adoptable |
|
Harrison |
1841 |
Hancock / Jackson |
Gulfport & Biloxi |
Adoptable |
|
Hinds |
1821 |
Choctaw Cession of 1820 |
Jackson &
Raymond |
Jane Combs |
|
Holmes |
1833 |
Yazoo |
Lexington |
James A. Wilson |
|
Humphreys |
1918 |
Holmes / Washington
/Yazoo / Sunflower |
Belzoni |
Regina "Gina" Banks |
|
Issaquena |
1844 |
Washington |
Mayersville |
Gene Phillips
|
|
Itawamba |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Fulton |
William Camp |
|
Jackson |
1812 |
Mobile District |
Pascagoula |
Pat Kendrick, Coordinator
Brenda Waltman Knippers, Asst. Coordinator
Julius (Buck) Redmond, Asst. Coordinator |
|
Jasper |
1833 |
Indian Lands |
Bay Springs &
Paulding |
Diane Payne |
|
Jefferson |
1799 |
Natchez |
Fayette |
Gerald Westmoreland |
Jefferson
Davis |
1906 |
Covington / Lawrence |
Prentiss |
Gerald Westmoreland |
Jones
|
1826 |
Covington / Wayne |
Laurel & Ellisville |
Diane
Payne |
|
Kemper |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
De Kalb |
|
Marsha
Bryant |
|
Lafayette |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession |
Oxford |
Gene Phillips |
|
Lamar |
1904 |
Marion / Pearl River |
Purvis |
Adoptable |
|
Lauderdale
|
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1833 |
Meridian |
Linda
Sullivan Simpson |
|
Lawrence |
1814 |
Marion |
Monticello |
Jeff Kemp |
|
Leake |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession |
Carthage |
Bruce Reeves |
|
Lee |
1866 |
Itawamba / Pontotoc |
Tupelo |
Michael Dozier |
|
Leflore |
1871 |
Carroll / Sunflower /
Tallahatchie |
Greenwood |
Adoptable |
|
Lincoln |
1870 |
Franklin / Lawrence
/Copiah /
Pike / Amite |
Brookhaven |
Virginia Zeigler
|
|
Lowndes |
1830 |
Monroe |
Columbus |
Adoptable |
|
Madison |
1828 |
Yazoo |
Canton |
Lea
Ann Robertson |
|
Marion |
1811 |
Amite / Wayne / Franklin |
Columbia |
Shannon
Gorman |
|
Marshall |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Holly Springs |
Deb Haines |
|
Monroe |
1821 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1821
(Additional Monroe Information) |
Aberdeen |
Adoptable |
|
Montgomery |
1871 |
Carroll / Choctaw |
Winona |
Sandy
Ward |
|
Neshoba |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Philadelphia |
Alan
Ray |
|
Newton |
1836 |
Neshoba |
Decatur |
Adoptable |
|
Noxubee |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Macon |
Adoptable |
|
Oktibbeha |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Starkville |
Adoptable |
|
Panola |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1830 |
Batesville &
Sardis |
Adoptable |
|
Pearl River |
1890 |
Hancock / Marion |
Poplarville |
Linda
Sullivan Simpson |
|
Perry |
1820 |
Greene |
New Augusta |
Gene Phillips
|
|
Pickering |
1799 -
1802 |
Historic -
Claiborne formed
from Pickering, and name
changed to Jefferson in 1802. |
|
|
|
Pike |
1815 |
Marion |
Magnolia |
Virginia Zeigler |
|
Pontotoc |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Pontotoc |
Peggy Young
|
|
Prentiss
|
1870 |
Tishomingo |
Booneville |
Jeff Kemp |
|
Quitman |
1877 |
Panola / Coahoma |
Marks |
Sara
Cross |
|
Rankin |
1828 |
Hinds |
Brandon |
Jane Combs |
|
Scott |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1832 |
Forest |
Gayle
Triller |
|
Sharkey |
1876 |
Warren / Washington /
Issaquena |
Rolling Fork |
Gene Phillips |
|
Simpson |
1824 |
Choctaw Cession of 1820 |
Mendenhall |
Jane Combs |
|
Smith |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Raleigh |
Linda
Sullivan Simpson |
|
Stone |
1916 |
Harrison |
Wiggins |
Adoptable |
|
Sumner |
1874 -
1882 |
Historic - Created from Montgomery, Chickasaw, Choctaw Counties in 1874, and part of Oktibbeha in 1875.
Name changed to Webster in 1882. |
|
|
|
Sunflower |
1844 |
Bolivar |
Indianola |
Adoptable |
|
Tallahatchie |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Charleston &
Sumner |
Lela Evans, Coordinator
|
|
Tate |
1873 |
Marshall / Tunica / DeSoto |
Senatobia |
Daniel P. Etherton |
|
Tippah |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Ripley |
Melissa McCoy-Bell |
|
Tishomingo
|
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Iuka |
Jeff Kemp |
|
Tunica |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Tunica |
Sara
Cross |
|
Union |
1870 |
Pontotoc /Tippah |
New Albany |
Melissa McCoy-Bell |
|
Walthall |
1910 |
Marion / Pike |
Tylertown |
Virginia Zeigler |
|
Warren |
1809 |
Natchez District |
Vicksburg |
Virginia Zeigler |
|
Washington |
1827 |
Warren / Yazoo |
Greenville |
Gayle Triller |
|
Wayne |
1809 |
Mississippi Territory's
"Old" Washington
County |
Waynesboro |
Gene Phillips |
|
Webster |
1874 |
Montgomery / Chickasaw /
Choctaw / Oktibbeha |
Walthall |
Denise
Woodside |
|
Wilkinson |
1802 |
Adams |
Woodville |
Tina Hall |
|
Winston |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Louisville |
Adoptable |
|
Yalobusha |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Water Valley & Coffeeville |
Monique
Young |
|
Yazoo |
1823 |
Hinds |
Yazoo City |
Monique
Young |
|
Unknown
County |
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|
Adoptable |
