List
| County |
FIPS code |
County seat |
Established |
Origin |
Etymology |
Population |
Area |
Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 001 | Natchez | 1799 | One of two original counties | John Adams, second U.S. President | 700432297000000000032,297 | 7002460000000000000460 sq mi (70031191000000000001,191 km2) |
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| Alcorn County | 003 | Corinth | 1870 | Formed from Tippiah and Tishomingo Counties | James L. Alcorn, Reconstruction-era U.S. Senator from Mississippi | 700437057000000000037,057 | 7002400000000000000400 sq mi (70031036000000000001,036 km2) |
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| Amite County | 005 | Liberty | 1809 | Formed from Wilkinson County | Amite River | 700413131000000000013,131 | 7002730000000000000730 sq mi (70031891000000000001,891 km2) |
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| Attala County | 007 | Kosciusko | 1833 | Formed from Madison County | A fictional Native American heroine from an early 19th-century novel by François-René de Chateaubriand. | 700419564000000000019,564 | 7002735000000000000735 sq mi (70031904000000000001,904 km2) |
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| Benton County | 009 | Ashland | 1870 | Formed from Marshall and Tippah Counties | Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri and prominent westward expansion advocate | 70038729000000000008,729 | 7002407000000000000407 sq mi (70031054000000000001,054 km2) |
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| Bolivar County | 011 | Cleveland and Rosedale | 1836 | Formed from Tallahatchie and Washington Counties | Simon Bolivar, South American democratic revolutionary | 700434145000000000034,145 | 7002876000000000000876 sq mi (70032269000000000002,269 km2) |
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| Calhoun County | 013 | Pittsboro | 1852 | Formed from Chickasaw, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties | John C. Calhoun, U.S. Senator from South Carolina and prominent supporter of states' rights | 700414962000000000014,962 | 7002587000000000000587 sq mi (70031520000000000001,520 km2) |
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| Carroll County | 015 | Carrollton | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes, Monroe, Washington and Yazoo Counties | Charles Carroll, last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence | 700410597000000000010,597 | 7002628000000000000628 sq mi (70031627000000000001,627 km2) |
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| Chickasaw County | 017 | Houston | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County and Un-Organized | Chickasaw Native Americans | 700417392000000000017,392 | 7002502000000000000502 sq mi (70031300000000000001,300 km2) |
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| Choctaw County | 019 | Ackerman | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes, Madison, Monroe and Yazoo Counties | Choctaw Native Americans | 70038547000000000008,547 | 7002419000000000000419 sq mi (70031085000000000001,085 km2) |
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| Claiborne County | 021 | Port Gibson | 1802 | Formed from Jefferson (Pickering) County | William C. C. Claiborne, first Governor of Louisiana | 70039604000000000009,604 | 7002487000000000000487 sq mi (70031261000000000001,261 km2) |
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| Clarke County | 023 | Quitman | 1833 | Formed from Wayne County | Joshua G. Clark, the first elected judge following admittance to the Union | 700416732000000000016,732 | 7002691000000000000691 sq mi (70031790000000000001,790 km2) |
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| Clay County | 025 | West Point | 1871 | Formed from Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe and Oktibbeha Counties (formerly (Colfax County) | Henry Clay, U.S. Senator from Kentucky and giant of Nineteenth Century politics | 700420634000000000020,634 | 7002409000000000000409 sq mi (70031059000000000001,059 km2) |
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| Coahoma County | 027 | Clarksdale | 1836 | Formed from Un-Organized | derives from Native American word meaning "red panther" | 700426151000000000026,151 | 7002554000000000000554 sq mi (70031435000000000001,435 km2) |
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| Copiah County | 029 | Hazlehurst | 1823 | Formed from Franklin and Hinds Counties | derives from Native American word meaning "calling panther" | 700429449000000000029,449 | 7002777000000000000777 sq mi (70032012000000000002,012 km2) |
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| Covington County | 031 | Collins | 1819 | Formed from Lawrence and Wayne Counties | Leonard Covington, American Revolutionary War general | 700419568000000000019,568 | 7002414000000000000414 sq mi (70031072000000000001,072 km2) |
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| DeSoto County | 033 | Hernando | 1836 | Formed from Monroe and Washington Counties | Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer of the Americas | 7005161252000000000161,252 | 7002478000000000000478 sq mi (70031238000000000001,238 km2) |
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| Forrest County | 035 | Hattiesburg | 1906 | Formed from Perry County | Nathan B. Forrest, Confederate general during the American Civil War | 700474934000000000074,934 | 7002467000000000000467 sq mi (70031210000000000001,210 km2) |
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| Franklin County | 037 | Meadville | 1809 | Formed from Adams County | Benjamin Franklin, writer, orator, publisher, and U.S. founding father | 70038118000000000008,118 | 7002565000000000000565 sq mi (70031463000000000001,463 km2) |
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| George County | 039 | Lucedale | 1910 | Formed from Greene and Jackson Counties | James Z. George, U.S. Senator from Mississippi | 700422578000000000022,578 | 7002478000000000000478 sq mi (70031238000000000001,238 km2) |
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| Greene County | 041 | Leakesville | 1811 | Formed from Wayne County | Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War general | 700414400000000000014,400 | 7002713000000000000713 sq mi (70031847000000000001,847 km2) |
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| Grenada County | 043 | Grenada | 1870 | Formed from Carroll, Choctaw, Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Counties | Spanish province of Grenada | 700421906000000000021,906 | 7002422000000000000422 sq mi (70031093000000000001,093 km2) |
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| Hancock County | 045 | Bay Saint Louis | 1812 | Formed from Un-Organized | John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence | 700443929000000000043,929 | 7002477000000000000477 sq mi (70031235000000000001,235 km2) |
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| Harrison County | 047 | Gulfport and Biloxi | 1841 | Formed from Hancock County | William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. President | 7005187105000000000187,105 | 7002581000000000000581 sq mi (70031505000000000001,505 km2) |
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| Hinds County | 049 | Jackson and Raymond | 1821 | Formed from Un-Organized (Choctaw Cession of 1820) | Thomas Hinds, War of 1812 general | 7005245285000000000245,285 | 7002869000000000000869 sq mi (70032251000000000002,251 km2) |
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| Holmes County | 051 | Lexington | 1833 | Formed from Yazoo County | David Holmes, first Governor of Mississippi | 700419198000000000019,198 | 7002756000000000000756 sq mi (70031958000000000001,958 km2) |
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| Humphreys County | 053 | Belzoni | 1918 | Formed from Holmes, Sunflower, Washington and Yazoo Counties | Benjamin G. Humphreys, Reconstruction-era Governor of Mississippi | 70039375000000000009,375 | 7002418000000000000418 sq mi (70031083000000000001,083 km2) |
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| Issaquena County | 055 | Mayersville | 1844 | Formed from Washington County | Native American word for "Deer River" | 70031406000000000001,406 | 7002413000000000000413 sq mi (70031070000000000001,070 km2) |
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| Itawamba County | 057 | Fulton | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | Itawamba, Chickasaw chief | 700423401000000000023,401 | 7002532000000000000532 sq mi (70031378000000000001,378 km2) |
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| Jackson County | 059 | Pascagoula | 1812 | Formed from Un-Organized | Andrew Jackson, War of 1812 hero and seventh U.S. President | 7005139668000000000139,668 | 7002727000000000000727 sq mi (70031883000000000001,883 km2) |
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| Jasper County | 061 | Bay Springs | 1833 | Formed from Jones and Wayne Counties | William Jasper, Revolutionary War sergeant | 700417062000000000017,062 | 7002676000000000000676 sq mi (70031751000000000001,751 km2) |
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| Jefferson County | 063 | Fayette | 1799 | One of two original Counties (formerly Pickering) | Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. President and principal author of the Declaration of Independence | 70037726000000000007,726 | 7002519000000000000519 sq mi (70031344000000000001,344 km2) |
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| Jefferson Davis County | 065 | Prentiss | 1906 | Formed from Covington and Lawrence Counties | Jefferson Davis, only president of the Confederate States of America | 700412487000000000012,487 | 7002408000000000000408 sq mi (70031057000000000001,057 km2) |
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| Jones County | 067 | Laurel | 1826 | Formed from Covington and Wayne Counties (formerly Davis (1865-1869 (Civil War)) | John Paul Jones, Revolutionary War naval captain | 700467761000000000067,761 | 7002694000000000000694 sq mi (70031797000000000001,797 km2) |
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| Kemper County | 069 | De Kalb | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes, Rankin and Wayne Counties | Reuben Kemper, American pioneer and revolutionary in Spanish Florida | 700410456000000000010,456 | 7002766000000000000766 sq mi (70031984000000000001,984 km2) |
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| Lafayette County | 071 | Oxford | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | Marquis de la Fayette, French-born Revolutionary War general | 700447351000000000047,351 | 7002631000000000000631 sq mi (70031634000000000001,634 km2) |
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| Lamar County | 073 | Purvis | 1904 | Formed from Marion and Pearl River Counties | Lucius Q. C. Lamar, U.S. Senator from Mississippi and U.S. Secretary of Interior | 700455658000000000055,658 | 7002497000000000000497 sq mi (70031287000000000001,287 km2) |
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| Lauderdale County | 075 | Meridian | 1833 | Formed from Rankin and Wayne Counties | James Lauderdale, War of 1812 colonel | 700480261000000000080,261 | 7002704000000000000704 sq mi (70031823000000000001,823 km2) |
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| Lawrence County | 077 | Monticello | 1814 | Formed from Marion County | James Lawrence, War of 1812 naval captain | 700412929000000000012,929 | 7002431000000000000431 sq mi (70031116000000000001,116 km2) |
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| Leake County | 079 | Carthage | 1833 | Formed from Madison and Rankin Counties | Walter Leake, Governor of Mississippi | 700423805000000000023,805 | 7002583000000000000583 sq mi (70031510000000000001,510 km2) |
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| Lee County | 081 | Tupelo | 1866 | Formed from Itawamba and Pontotoc Counties | Robert E. Lee, commanding Confederate general | 700482910000000000082,910 | 7002450000000000000450 sq mi (70031165000000000001,165 km2) |
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| Leflore County | 083 | Greenwood | 1871 | Formed from Carroll and Sunflower Counties | Greenwood LeFlore, mixed-race advocate of citizenship for Native Americans and U.S. Senator from Mississippi | 700432317000000000032,317 | 7002592000000000000592 sq mi (70031533000000000001,533 km2) |
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| Lincoln County | 085 | Brookhaven | 1870 | Formed from Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence and Pike Counties | Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth U.S. President | 700434869000000000034,869 | 7002586000000000000586 sq mi (70031518000000000001,518 km2) |
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| Lowndes County | 087 | Columbus | 1830 | Formed from Monroe County and Un-Organized | William Jones Lowndes, U.S. Representative from South Carolina | 700459779000000000059,779 | 7002502000000000000502 sq mi (70031300000000000001,300 km2) |
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| Madison County | 089 | Canton | 1828 | Formed from Yazoo County | James Madison, fourth U.S. President | 700495203000000000095,203 | 7002719000000000000719 sq mi (70031862000000000001,862 km2) |
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| Marion County | 091 | Columbia | 1811 | Formed from Amite, Franklin and Wayne Counties | Francis Marion, Revolutionary War general | 700427088000000000027,088 | 7002542000000000000542 sq mi (70031404000000000001,404 km2) |
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| Marshall County | 093 | Holly Springs | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States who shaped the Supreme Court's power | 700437144000000000037,144 | 7002706000000000000706 sq mi (70031829000000000001,829 km2) |
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| Monroe County | 095 | Aberdeen | 1821 | Formed from Un-Organized (Chickasaw Cession of 1816) | James Monroe, fifth U.S. President | 700436989000000000036,989 | 7002764000000000000764 sq mi (70031979000000000001,979 km2) |
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| Montgomery County | 097 | Winona | 1871 | Formed from Carroll and Choctaw Counties | Richard Montgomery, Revolutionary War general | 700410925000000000010,925 | 7002407000000000000407 sq mi (70031054000000000001,054 km2) |
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| Neshoba County | 099 | Philadelphia | 1833 | Formed from Jones, Madison, Rankin and Wayne Counties | Native American word for "gray wolf" | 700429676000000000029,676 | 7002570000000000000570 sq mi (70031476000000000001,476 km2) |
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| Newton County | 101 | Decatur | 1836 | Formed from Neshoba County | Isaac Newton, English scientist | 700421720000000000021,720 | 7002578000000000000578 sq mi (70031497000000000001,497 km2) |
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| Noxubee County | 103 | Macon | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes and Rankin Counties | Native American for "stinking water" | 700411545000000000011,545 | 7002695000000000000695 sq mi (70031800000000000001,800 km2) |
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| Oktibbeha County | 105 | Starkville | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes County | Native American word for "bloody water" | 700447671000000000047,671 | 7002458000000000000458 sq mi (70031186000000000001,186 km2) |
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| Panola County | 107 | Batesville | 1836 | Formed from Monroe and Washington Counties | Native American for "cotton" | 700434707000000000034,707 | 7002684000000000000684 sq mi (70031772000000000001,772 km2) |
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| Pearl River County | 109 | Poplarville | 1890 | Formed from Hancock and Marion Counties | Pearl River | 700455834000000000055,834 | 7002812000000000000812 sq mi (70032103000000000002,103 km2) |
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| Perry County | 111 | New Augusta | 1820 | Formed from Greene County | Oliver Hazard Perry, War of 1812 naval captain | 700412250000000000012,250 | 7002647000000000000647 sq mi (70031676000000000001,676 km2) |
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| Pike County | 113 | Magnolia | 1815 | Formed from Marion County | Zebulon Pike, western explorer | 700440404000000000040,404 | 7002409000000000000409 sq mi (70031059000000000001,059 km2) |
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| Pontotoc County | 115 | Pontotoc | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | Native American for "land of hanging grapes" | 700429957000000000029,957 | 7002497000000000000497 sq mi (70031287000000000001,287 km2) |
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| Prentiss County | 117 | Booneville | 1870 | Formed from Itawamba and Tishomingo Counties | Seargent Smith Prentiss, U.S. Representative from Mississippi | 700425276000000000025,276 | 7002415000000000000415 sq mi (70031075000000000001,075 km2) |
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| Quitman County | 119 | Marks | 1877 | Formed from Coahoma, Panola, Tallahatchie and Tunica Counties | John A. Quitman, Governor of Mississippi | 70038223000000000008,223 | 7002405000000000000405 sq mi (70031049000000000001,049 km2) |
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| Rankin County | 121 | Brandon | 1828 | Formed from Hinds County | Christopher Rankin, U.S. Representative from Mississippi | 7005141617000000000141,617 | 7002775000000000000775 sq mi (70032007000000000002,007 km2) |
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| Scott County | 123 | Forest | 1833 | Formed from Covington, Jones and Rankin Counties | Abram M. Scott, Governor of Mississippi | 700428264000000000028,264 | 7002609000000000000609 sq mi (70031577000000000001,577 km2) |
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| Sharkey County | 125 | Rolling Fork | 1876 | Formed from Issaquena, Warren and Washington Counties | William L. Sharkey, Mississippi Supreme Court justice | 70034916000000000004,916 | 7002428000000000000428 sq mi (70031109000000000001,109 km2) |
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| Simpson County | 127 | Mendenhall | 1824 | Formed from Copiah County | Josiah Simpson, first federal judge appointed in the state | 700427503000000000027,503 | 7002589000000000000589 sq mi (70031526000000000001,526 km2) |
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| Smith County | 129 | Raleigh | 1833 | Formed from Covington, Jones and Rankin Counties | David Smith, Revolutionary War major | 700416491000000000016,491 | 7002636000000000000636 sq mi (70031647000000000001,647 km2) |
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| Stone County | 131 | Wiggins | 1916 | Formed from Harrison County | John M. Stone, Governor of Mississippi | 700417786000000000017,786 | 7002445000000000000445 sq mi (70031153000000000001,153 km2) |
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| Sunflower County | 133 | Indianola | 1844 | Formed from Bolivar County | Sunflower River | 700429450000000000029,450 | 7002694000000000000694 sq mi (70031797000000000001,797 km2) |
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| Tallahatchie County | 135 | Charleston | 1833 | Formed from Washington and Yazoo Counties | Tallahatchie River | 700415378000000000015,378 | 7002644000000000000644 sq mi (70031668000000000001,668 km2) |
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| Tate County | 137 | Senatobia | 1873 | Formed from DeSoto and Marshall Counties | Thomas Simpson Tate, the county's original settler | 700428886000000000028,886 | 7002404000000000000404 sq mi (70031046000000000001,046 km2) |
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| Tippah County | 139 | Ripley | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | Native American word for "cut off" | 700422232000000000022,232 | 7002458000000000000458 sq mi (70031186000000000001,186 km2) |
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| Tishomingo County | 141 | Iuka | 1836 | Formed from Monroe County | Chief Tishomingo, Chickasaw leader | 700419593000000000019,593 | 7002424000000000000424 sq mi (70031098000000000001,098 km2) |
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| Tunica County | 143 | Tunica | 1836 | Formed from Washington County and Un-Organized | Tunica Native Americans | 700410778000000000010,778 | 7002455000000000000455 sq mi (70031178000000000001,178 km2) |
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| Union County | 145 | New Albany | 1870 | Formed from Lee, Pontotoc and Tippah Counties | Reunion of Confederacy with the United States | 700427134000000000027,134 | 7002416000000000000416 sq mi (70031077000000000001,077 km2) |
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| Walthall County | 147 | Tylertown | 1912 | Formed from Marion and Pike Counties | Edward Walthall, U.S. Senator from Mississippi | 700415443000000000015,443 | 7002404000000000000404 sq mi (70031046000000000001,046 km2) |
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| Warren County | 149 | Vicksburg | 1809 | Formed from Claiborne County | Joseph Warren, Revolutionary War general | 700448773000000000048,773 | 7002587000000000000587 sq mi (70031520000000000001,520 km2) |
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| Washington County | 151 | Greenville | 1827 | Formed from Warren and Yazoo Counties | George Washington, first U.S. President | 700451137000000000051,137 | 7002724000000000000724 sq mi (70031875000000000001,875 km2) |
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| Wayne County | 153 | Waynesboro | 1809 | Formed from Washington County (AL) | Anthony Wayne, Revolutionary War general | 700420747000000000020,747 | 7002810000000000000810 sq mi (70032098000000000002,098 km2) |
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| Webster County | 155 | Walthall | 1874 | Formed from Chickasaw, Choctaw and Montegomery Counties (formerly Sumner County) | Daniel Webster, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and giant of Nineteenth Century politics | 700410253000000000010,253 | 7002423000000000000423 sq mi (70031096000000000001,096 km2) |
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| Wilkinson County | 157 | Woodville | 1802 | Formed from Adams County | James Wilkinson, Revolutionary War general | 70039878000000000009,878 | 7002677000000000000677 sq mi (70031753000000000001,753 km2) |
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| Winston County | 159 | Louisville | 1833 | Formed from Lowndes, Rankin, and Wayne Counties | Louis Winston, Mississippi Supreme Court justice | 700419198000000000019,198 | 7002607000000000000607 sq mi (70031572000000000001,572 km2) |
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| Yalobusha County | 161 | Water Valley | 1833 | Formed from Monroe, Washington and Yazoo Counties | Native American for "tadpole place" | 700412678000000000012,678 | 7002467000000000000467 sq mi (70031210000000000001,210 km2) |
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| Yazoo County | 163 | Yazoo City | 1823 | Formed from Hinds County | Yazoo Native Americans | 700428065000000000028,065 | 7002920000000000000920 sq mi (70032383000000000002,383 km2) |
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