Mississippi, United States

Details for Mississippi

Name

Mississippi

Official Name

State of Mississippi

Abbreviation

Place Type

State

Located in

United States

Capital

Jackson (Hinds County)

Coordinates

Latitude		32.7504114		32° 45' 01.5" N
Longitude		-89.7503570		89° 45' 01.3" W

Population

2,901,371

Elevation

109 m

Surrounding States

Tennessee NE
Alabama E
Florida SE
Louisiana SW
Arkansas NW

USGS GNIS FeatureID

1779790

Histopolis Place ID

947316556

Updated Oct 18, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Mississippi

11 Resources; Select a County below for additional resources specific to that County.

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Mississippi > Statewide resources [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Mississippi > Statewide resources
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/MS/ALL/ (20 May 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Index to Cemeteries in Mississippi [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/kmindex.html (27 Mar 2009)

Mississippi Cemeteries [Cemetery Records Guide]
List of Mississippi cemeteries for genealogy research.
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~xander/mississippi.htm (1 Oct 2010)

Mississippi Cemeteries [DagonBytes]
Graveyards and Cemetery listings in Mississippi and throughout the country, Graveyard Galleries, Vampires, Dracula, horror, Halloween, gothic art and much more..
http://www.dagonbytes.com/graveyards/listings/statepage/mississippi/mississippi.htm (16 Apr 2005)

Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi (23 Aug 2010)

RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Mostly Mississippi Database Compiled by Shannon Gorman [Database of Larry Flesher & Kimberly Tappmeyer]
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=shannon50 (29 Jul 2010)

Mississippi: History, Geography, Population, and State Facts — FactMonster.com [Fact Monster]
Information on Mississippi — economy, government, culture, state map and flag, major cities, points of interest, famous residents, state motto, symbols, nicknames, and other trivia.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0108232.html (7 Oct 2010)

I Dream of Genealogy Free Databases - Mississippi Cemeteries [I Dream of Genealogy]
I Dream of Genealogy - Free Online Databases of Mississippi Cemeteries
http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/ms.html (16 Jun 2010)

Mississippi Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Mississippi
http://www.interment.net/us/ms/index.htm (16 May 2010)

(page title not available) [Kindred Trails]
http://www.kindredtrails.com/mississippi.html (27 Aug 2011)

Mississippi Archives - [USGenWeb Archives]
Archives of Genealogy Records for the State of Mississippi
http://www.usgwarchives.org/ms/msfiles.htm (26 Aug 2010)

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Counties of Mississippi

82 Counties

Adams	Alcorn	Amite	Attala
Benton	Bolivar	Calhoun	Carroll
Chickasaw	Choctaw	Claiborne	Clarke
Clay	Coahoma	Copiah	Covington
DeSoto	Forrest	Franklin	George
Greene	Grenada	Hancock	Harrison
Hinds	Holmes	Humphreys	Issaquena
Itawamba	Jackson	Jasper	Jefferson
Jefferson Davis	Jones	Kemper	Lafayette
Lamar	Lauderdale	Lawrence	Leake
Lee	Leflore	Lincoln	Lowndes
Madison	Marion	Marshall	Monroe
Montgomery	Neshoba	Newton	Noxubee
Oktibbeha	Panola	Pearl River	Perry
Pike	Pontotoc	Prentiss	Quitman
Rankin	Scott	Sharkey	Simpson
Smith	Stone	Sunflower	Tallahatchie
Tate	Tippah	Tishomingo	Tunica
Union	Walthall	Warren	Washington
Wayne	Webster	Wilkinson	Winston
Yalobusha	Yazoo

Surveys in Mississippi

5 Surveys, 96 Ranges, 1,441 Townships

The Chickasaw Meridian, Choctaw Meridian, Huntsville Meridian, Saint Stephens Meridian and Washington Meridian surveys govern land descriptions in all or part of Mississippi. You can navigate to any of the 1,441 survey townships that overlap Mississippi using the navigation tool below.

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Cities of Mississippi

Select a County above to see a list of the cities in that County. Click here for a list of all cities in Mississippi.

Cemeteries of Mississippi

Select a County above to see a list of the cemeteries in that County. Click here for a list of all cemeteries in Mississippi.

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