1885 State of Mississippi Cities, Towns, Villages and Post Offices

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1 1885 State of Mississippi Cities, Towns, Villages and Post Offices Obtained from an original 1885 edition of Cram's Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World Including Background Information about the 1885 Counties of Mississippi abstracted, edited and compiled by Bob Franks Adams County Hutchins Kienstra's Store Kingston County Seat: Natchez Loch Leven Named for President John Adams Natchez Formed: 1817 Stanton Parent Territory of Current County: Created as a Mississippi Washington Territory county 1799 and was part of the old Natchez District Yeagers Counties formed from portions of county: Franklin, Wilkinson Alcorn County Antioch Burrow Corinth County Seat: Corinth Danville Named for Governor James L. Alcorn Eagle Formed: 1870 Gift Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Tishomingo and Hightown Tippah counties Hinkle Kossuth Parmitchie Rienzi Theo Wenasoga Amite County Bates Mill Centreville Dickey County Seat: Liberty Gillsburgh Named for the Indian word which means friendly river Gloster Formed: 1817 Jacksonwood Parent Territory of Current County: Created as a Mississippi Territory county Kahnville 1809 from Wilkinson County Liberty Counties formed from portions of county: Greene, Lincoln Merwin

2 Amite County Continued Olio O'Neal's Rose Hill Zion Hill Attala County Barksdale Centre Chita County Seat: Kosciusko Ethel Named for Indian heroine Attala Hesterville Formed: 1833 Irvingville Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Kosciusko McCool Newport Newtonville Sallis Wamba Wells Benton County Ashland Austerlitz Black Jack County Seat: Ashland Canaan Named for Samuel Benton, a general in the Confederate army Hickory Flat Formed: 1870 Lamar Parent Territory of Current County: Created 1870 from Marshall and Tippah Michigan City counties Pine Grove Salem Tacaleeche Yellow Rabbit Bolivar County Allen's Landing Australia Beulah County Seats: Cleveland and Rosedale Bolivar Named for Simon Bolivar, South American Hero Carson's Landing Formed: 1836 Catfish Point Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Concordia Dennis Landing Counties formed from portions of county: Sunflower Easton's Landing Egypt Ridge Gladstone Lake Beulah Mound Landing Neblett's Landing Prentiss

3 Bolivar County Continued Prides Point Raggio's Landing Riverton Rosedale Stormville Sunrise Talledora Terrene Victoria Waxhaw Landing Calhoun County Banner Benela Bentley County Seat: Pittsboro Big Creek Named for John C. Calhoun, Vice-President of the United States Cherry Hill Formed: 1852 Cole's Creek Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Yalobusha, Lafayette Cotton Valley and Chickasaw counties Elzy Erin Hopewell Loyd Matthews Money Pittsboro Reid Sabougia Sarepta Slate Springs Sugg Williamsville Carroll County Black Hawk Blackmonton Brock County Seats: Carrollton and Vaiden Carrollton Named for Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence Hemingway Formed: 1833 Money Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Seven Pines Smith's Mills Counties formed from portions of county: Grenada, Leflore Teoc Vaiden Valley Hill Chickasaw County Atlanta Buena Vista

4 Chickasaw County Continued Egypt Houlka Houston County Seats: Houston and Okolona McCondy Named for the Chickasaw Indian word meaning rebellion Neals Formed: 1836 Okolona Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1832 Sonora Chickasaw Treat of Pontotoc Sparta Counties formed from portions of county: Calhoun, Clay, Webster Woodland Choctaw County Ackerman Bankston Bywy County Seat: Ackerman Chester Named for Choctaw Indian word meaning separation Clark Formed: 1833 Dido Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Fentress Choctaw Treating of Dancing Rabbit Creek French Camps Counties formed from portions of county: Grenada, Webster La Grange New Prospect Pinto spay Weir Wilcox Claiborne County Bruin Carlisle Grand Gulf County Seat: Port Gibson Hermanville Named for William C.C. Claiborne, Governor of Mississippi Territory Ingleside Formed: 1817 Jeffersonville Parent Territory of Current County: Created as a Mississippi Territory County Martin in 1802 from Jefferson Countyu McCaleb Montpelier Nelson's Store Oakland College Pettis Store Port Gibson Rocky Springs St. Elmo Tillman's Station Clarke County Barnett Desoto Energy Enterprise County Seat: Quitman Named for Judge Joshua Clarke, first Chancellor of the State of

5 Clarke County Continued Mississippi Goodwater Formed: 1833 Quitman Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Shubuta Clay County Abbot Barrs Belle County Seat: West Point Big Springs Named for Henry Clay, Kentucky statesman Cairo Formed: 1871 as Colfax County, name changed to Clay in 1876 Cedar Bluff Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Chickasaw, Lowndes, Henryville Monroe and Oktibbeha counties Pine Bluff Robertson Siloam Tampico Tibbee Vinton Waverly West Point Coahoma County Bridgeport Clarksdale Clover Hill County Seat: Clarkesdale Delta Named for Indian word meaning red panther Dublin Formed: 1836 Friar's Point Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1832 Glendale Chickasaw Treaty of Pontotoc Hulberton Jonestown Lula Madoc Malone's Landing Prairieville Pushmataha Shuffordsville Sunflower Landing Yazoo Pass Copiah County Bear Creek Bowerton Burtonton County Seat: Hazlehurst Carpenter Named for Indian word meaning calling panther Crystal Springs Formed: 1823 Gallman Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Hinds County Georgetown Counties formed from portions of county: Lincoln Hazelhurst

6 Copiah County Continued Higdon Linden Martinsville Pine Ridge Rockport Wesson West Hazelhurst Covington County Jaynesville Mount Carmel Mount Olive County Seat: Collins Oakohay Named for General Leonard Covington, killed in the War of 1812 Reddoch Formed: 1819 Richmond Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Lawrence and Wayne Santee counties Station Creek Counties formed from portions of county: Jones Wheelerville Wilkesburgh Williamburgh Desoto County Baloil Cockrum Days County Seat: Hernando Desoto Front Named for Hernando DeSoto, discoverer of the Mississippi River Eudora Formed: 1836 Hernando Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1832 Horn Lake Chickasaw Treaty of Pontotoc Ingram's Mills Counties formed from portions of county: Tate Lewisburgh Love's Station Nesbitt Norfolk Olive Pleasant Hill Plum Point Poplar Corner Franklin County Bunckley Kibbeville Knoxville County Seat: Meadville Little Springs Named for Benjamin Franklin, colonial statesman and philosopher McCall's Creek Formed: 1817 Meadville Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Adams County 1809 as a Morgan's Fork Mississippi Territory county Turner's Counties formed from portions of county: Greene Veto

7 Greene County Avara Buck Creek Coatsville County Seat: Leakesville Cross Roads Named for General Nathaniel Greene, Revolutionary War hero Leaf Formed: 1817 Leakesville Parent Territory of Current County: Created 1811 as a Mississippi Territory Pine Ridge county from Amite, Franklin and Wayne counties State Line Counties formed from portions of county: George Vernal Grenada County Bowers Elliott Graysport County Seat: Grenada Grenada Named for city of Grenada, Spain Hardy Station Formed: 1870 Junction Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Carroll, Yalobusha, Misterton Montgomery, Tallahatchie, Webster and Choctaw counties Providence Redding Tatum Tuscahoma Yeagersville Hancock County Bay St. Louis Derby Gainesville County Seat: Bay St. Louis Habolochitta Named for John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence Jourdan River Formed: 1817 Juniper Grove Parent Territory of Current County: Created 1812 as part of the Mobile Logtown District of the Mississippi Territory Nicholson Counties formed from portions of county: Harrison riceville Touline Pearlington Harrison County Alrey Beauvoir Biloxi County Seats: Gulfport and Biloxi De Lisle Named for William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the U.S. Flint Creek Formed: 1841 Handsboro Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Hancock and Jackson Long Beach counties Mississippi City Counties formed from portions of county: Stone Pass Christian Ramsey

8 Harrison County Continued Stonewall Willow Springs Hinds County Adam's Station Auburn Bolton's Depot County Seats: Jackson and Raymond Brownsville Named for General Thomas Hinds, hero of the Battle of New Orleans Byram Formed: 1821 Cayuga Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands from the Chapel Hill 1820 Choctaw Cession Clinton Counties formed from portions of county: Copiah, Rankin, Yazoo Dry Goods Edwards Jackson Learned Midway Nevada Newman Oakley Pocahontas Raymond Smith's Station Terry Tougaloo Utica Holmes County Bowling Green Chew's Landing Coxburgh County Seat: Lexington Durant Named for David Holmes, last Governor of the Mississippi Territory Ebenezer Formed: 1833 Emory Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Yazoo County Franklin Counties formed from portions of county: Humphreys Goodman Gray's Mill Kosciusko Junction Lexington Marcella Marksville McGee's Pickens Station Quofoloma Richland Tchula Thornton West

9 Issaquena County Arcadia Ben Lomond Chotard County Seat: Mayersville Deer Creek Named for Indian word meaning deer river Duncansby Formed: 1844 Duvall's landing Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Washington County Hays' Landing Counties formed from portions of county: Sharkey Mayersville Shipland Skipwith's Landing Tallulah Itawamba County Abney Ballardsville Bigby Fork County Seat: Fulton Bolands Named for the Indian Chief Itawamba (Levi Colbert) Cardsville Formed: 1836 Eastman Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1832 Fulton Chickasaw Treaty of Pontotoc Mantachie Counties formed from portions of county: Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo Miston Pleasant Ridge Rara Avis Sevier Tilden Tremont Yocony Jackson County Americus Bluff Creek Fairley Fort Bayou Gibbs Moss Point Ocean Springs Orange Grove Pascagoula Saracena Scranton Three Rivers Vancleave West Pascagoula County Seat: Pascagoula Named for General Andrew Jackson Parent Territory of Current County: Formed: 1812 from the Mobile District of the Mississippi Territory Counties formed from portions of county: George, Harrison Jasper County Claiborne Cresswell Davisville

10 Jasper County Continued Garlandville Hamlet County Seats: Bay Springs and Paulding Heidelberg Named for Sergeant Jasper, hero of the Revolutionary War Jewell's Hill Formed: 1833 Lake Como Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Jones and Wayne counties Mabel Montrose Otho P.K. Paulding Shady Grove Turnerville Twistwood Vosburgh Jefferson County Cannonsburgh Church Hill Fayette Gum Ridge Lee Lowenburg's Station Myles Perth Red Lick Rodney Stonington Union Church County Seat: Fayette Named for Thomas Jefferson Formed: 1799 (first called Pickering) Parent Territory of Current County: Created from the Natchez District of the Mississippi Territory Counties formed from portions of county: Claiborne Jones County Bethel Curtis Ellisville County Seats: Laurel and Ellisville Ellisville Depot Named for John Paul Jones, Naval hero of the Revolutionary War Erata Formed: 1826 Estabutchie Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Covington and Wayne George's Camp counties Knight's Mills Counties formed from portions of county: Jasper Larrel Mico Moselle Pinnellville Sandersville Kemper County Big Oak Binnsville Calverts De Kalb

11 Kemper County Continued Fort Stephens Herbert County Seat: Dekalb Jacksonville Named for Reuben Kemper, who led a company of men from the Kellis Store Mississippi Territory against Spanish Mobile in 1811 Kemperton Formed: 1833 Moscow Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Mount Nebo Narkeeta Oak Grove Pea Ridge Peden Pinder Prince Rio Scooba Spinks Sucarnoohee Wahalak Lafayette County Abbeville Caswell College Hill County Seat: Oxford Dallas Named for General Marquis de Lafayette De Lay Formed: 1836 Denmark Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1832 Harmontown Chickasaw Treaty of Pontotoc Holder Counties formed from portions of county: Calhoun Lafayette Springs Liberty Hill Maple Springs Orwood Oxford Spring Dale Taylor Walton Welcomton Lauderdale County Bailey Daleville Hurricane County Seat: Meridian Kewanee Named for Colonel James Lauderdale, who was killed in the Battle of Lauderdale Station New Orleans Lochkhart Formed: 1833 Marion Station Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Meridian Rushing's Store Toomsuba

12 Lauderdale County Continued Whynot Lawrence County Blountville Grange Gwinville County Seat: Monticello Hebron Named for Captain James Lawrence, hero of the War of 1812 Hooker Formed: 1817 Monticello Parent Territory of Current County: Created 1814 as a county of the Oak Vale Mississippi Territory from Marion County Silver Creek Counties formed from portions of county: Covington, Lincoln Tryus Leake County Carthage Conway Coosa County Seat: Carthage Edinburgh Named for Walter Leake, third governor of Mississippi Estesmill Formed: 1833 Good Hope Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 High Hill Lena Madden Ofahoma St. Anns Thomastown Tuscola Walnut Grove Yorka Lee County Baldwyn Betheny Birmingham County Seat: Tupelo Chesterville Named for Robert E. Lee, General of the Confederacy Connewar Formed: 1866 Corrona Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Itawamba and Pontotoc Eureka counties Guntown Macedonia Mooreville richmond Saltillo Shannon Tupelo Verona Leflore County Emmaville

13 Leflore County Continued Fort Lori Greenwood County Seat: Greenwood Itta Bend Named for Greenwood Leflore, chief of the Choctaw Indians Mayfield Plantation Formed: 1871 McNutt Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Carroll, Sunflower and Minter City Tallahatchie counties Roebuck Shell Mound Sheppardtown Siberia Sidon Stonewall Sunnyside Lincoln County Bogue Chitto Brookhaven Caseyville County Seat: Brookhaven Erwinville Named for Abraham Lincoln, 16 th President of the United States Fair River Formed: 1870 Montgomery Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Franklin, Lawrence, Copiah, Pike and Amite Counties Lowndes County Artesia Caledonia Cobb Switch County Seat: Columbus Columbus Named for William Lowndes, noted Carolina congressman Crawford Formed: 1830 Mayhew's Station Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Monroe County Sessum Station Counties formed from portions of county: Clay Steenston The Oaks Trinity Zion Madison County Calhoun Camden Canton County Seat: Canton Couparle City Named for James Madison, fourth President of the United States Flora Formed: 1828 Kirkwood Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Yazoo County Livingston Madison Station Millville Prattville Sharon

14 Madison County Continued Sulphur Springs Vernon Marion County Buford Carley Clay County Seat: Columbia Columbia Named for General Francis Marion, Revolutionary War hero Hillsdale Formed: 1817 Keno Parent Territory of Current County: Created 1811 as a Mississippi Territory Ophelia county from Amite, Wayne and Franklin counties Plotona Counties formed from portions of county: Lamar, Lawrence, Walthall Poplarville Purvis Spring Cottage Steephill Talawah Wildwood Marshall County Bainsville Bethlehem Byhalia County Seat: Holly Springs Chewalla Mills Named for John Marshall, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Chulahoma Formed: 1836 Colbert Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1832 Coleman Chickasaw Treaty of Pontotoc Cornersville Counties formed from portions of county: Benton, Tate Early Grove Holly Springs Hudsonville Law's Hill Lebanon Marshall Institution Mount Pleasant Oak Grove Orion Pott Camp Red Banks Slayden's Crossing Waco Wall Hill Waterford Watson Monroe County Aberdeen Barttahatchie Beeks

15 Monroe County Continued Central Grove Cooper County Seat: Aberdeen Cotton Gin Port Named for President James Monroe Grubb Springs Formed: 1821 Hamilton Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands from the Muldon Chickasaw Cession of 1821 Prairie Station Counties formed from portions of county: Lowndes Quincy Rees Store Reno Smithville Splunge Temperance Hill Montgomery County Duck Hill Huntsville Kilmichael County Seat: Winona Liddell Named for Richard Montgomery, Revolutionary War General Lodi Formed: 1871 Mayfield Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Carroll and Choctaw Mormon Springs counties Poplar Creek Counties formed from portions of county: Grenada, Webster Winona Neshoba County Aden Beech Spring Coffadeliah County Seat: Philadelphia Cushtusa Named for Indian word meaning wolf Dixon Formed: 1833 Hope Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Java Lake Burnside Laurel Hill Milldale North Bend North Bogue Chitto Philadelphia Tucker Watkinsville Newton County Battlefield Chunkey's Station Conchata Decatur Hickory Lawrence

16 Newton County Continued Lucern Moore's Mills County Seat: Decatur Mount Vernon Named for Sir Isaac Newton, scientist New Ireland Formed: 1836 Newton Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Neshoba County Union Noxubee County Algood's Mill Bigbee Valley Braxelia County Seat: Macon Brookville Named for Indian word meaning stinking water Cliftonville Formed: 1833 Cooksville Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Deerbrook Foxtrap Gholson Hanby Harlan Hashuqua Macon Mashulaville Prairie Point Shuqualak Oktibbeha County Agricultural College Ash Creek Bradley County Seat: Starkville Camp Oaks Named for Indian word meaning bloody water Choctaw Agency Formed: 1833 Cypress Precinct Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Double Springs Ellena Counties formed from portions of county: Clay, Webster Hickory Grove Oktoc Sessumsville Starkville Sturgis Whitfield Panola County Batesville Central Academy Como Depot County Seats: Batesville and Sardis Courtland Named for Indian word meaning cotton Elliott's Mills Formed: 1836 Eureka Springs Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1832 Glenville Chickasaw Treaty of Pontotoc

17 Panola County Continued Kirksey Longtown Mastodon Melrose Peach Creek Pleasant Grove Pleasant Mountain Pope's Depot Reynolds Sardis Star Place The Guns Wallace Perry County Augusta Hattiesburg McDonald's Mill County Seat: New Augusta Monroe Named for Commodore Oliver Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie Formed: 1820 Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Greene County Counties formed from portions of county: Forrest Pike County Chatawa China Grove Conersly County Seat: Magnolia Dillon Named for General Zebulon Pike, army commander and explorer Holmesville Formed: 1817 Johnston's Station Parent Territory of Current County: Created 1815 as a Mississippi Territory Magnolia county from Marion McComb Counties formed from portions of county: Lincoln, Walthall Osyka Sartinville Smithburgh Summit Topisaw Tyler Town Walker's Bridge Pontotoc County Algoma Brame Cedar Grove County Seat: Pontotoc Cherry Creek Named for Indian word meaning weed prairie Chiwapa Formed: 1836 Esperanza Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1832 Mud Creek Chickasaw Treaty of Pontotoc Pontotoc Counties formed from portions of county: Lee, Union Poplar Springs

18 Pontotoc County Continued Randolph Red Land Thaxton Toccopola Troy Prentiss County Blackland Booneville Brown's Creek County Seat: Booneville Dry Run Named for Sargent S. Prentiss, Mississippi orator Elma Formed: 1870 Geeville Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Tishomingo and Itawamba Hazel Dell counties Hickory Plains Marietta New Site Norman Old Cairo Prentiss Quitman County Belen Marks County Seat: Marks Named for John A. Quitman, tenth governor of Mississippi Formed: 1877 Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Panola and Coahoma counties Rankin County Armistead Brandon Cato County Seat: Brandon Fannin Named for Christopher Rankin, U.S. Representative Goshen Springs Formed: 1828 King Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Hinds County Leesburg Lucknow Lynwood Montery Pearson Pelahatchee Pink Steen's Creek Steep Bank Scott County Beach

19 Scott County Continued Bolers Cash County Seat: Forest Damascus Named for Abraham Scott, seventh governor of Mississippi Forest Formed: 1833 Harpersville Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Hillsboro Homewood Horaceville Lake Lilian Ludlow Morton Welcome Sharkey County Anquilla Evans Hollands County Seat: Rolling Fork McKinneyville Named for W.L. Sharkey, provisional Governor of Mississippi Nittayuma following the Civil War Rolling Fork Formed: 1876 Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Warren, Washington and Issaquena counties Simpson County Braxton Dio Harrisville County Seat: Mendenhall Lancelot Named for Josiah Simpson, judge during Mississippi territorial days Magee Formed: 1824 Mount Zion Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands from the Old Hickory Choctaw Cession of 1820 Overbey Rials Westville Smith County Bezer Boykins Bunker Hill County Seat: Raleigh Burns Named for Major Davis Smith of Hinds County Daniel Formed: 1833 Flower's Place Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Gunn Pineville Polkville Raleigh Royal

20 Smith County Continued Shongelo Silverina Sylvarena Taylorsville Trenton Sunflower County Faisonia Gumwood Indian Bayou County Seat: Indianola Indianola Named for the Sunflower River Johnsonville Formed: 1844 Jones Bayou Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Bolivar County Kinlock Counties formed from portions of county: Humphreys, Leflore Lehrton Porter's Bayou Saint's Rest Woodburn Tallahatchie County Albin Landing Black Bayou Cascillia County Seats: Charleston and Sumner Centre Point Named for Indian word meaning rock river Charleston Formed: 1833 Crevi Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Denman Graball Counties formed from portions of county: Grenada, Leflore Harrison Station Hood Leverett Mitchell's X Road Sharkey Swan Lake Teasdale Tate County Arkabutla Coldwater Independence County Seat: Senatobia Looxahoma Named for T.S. Tate, pioneer settler Poagville Formed: 1873 Poplar Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Marshall, Tunica and Senatobia Desoto counties Strayhorn Thyatira Tyro

21 Tippah County Blue Mountain Clarysville Cotton Plant County Seat: Ripley Dumas Named for Indian word meaning cut off Falkner Formed: 1836 Guyton Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1832 Jonesboro Chickasaw Treaty of Pontotoc Lonestar Counties formed from portions of county: Alcorn, Benton, Union Lowery Orizaba Ripley Ruckersville Selden Shelby Creek Silver Springs Tiplersville Union Mills Walnut Tishomingo County Allen's Store Bay Springs Belmont County Seat: Iuka Burnsville Named for Indian word meaning warrior chief Burnt Mills Formed: 1836 Burton's Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1832 Cartersville Chickasaw Treaty of Pontotoc and Itawamba County Eastport Counties formed from portions of county: Alcorn Highland Hillside Iuka Tunica County Alexis Austin Bennett's Landing County Seat: Tunica Commerce Named for Indian word meaning little people Dubbs Formed: 1836 Indian Creek Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1832 O Hello Chickasaw Treaty of Pontotoc O.K. Counties formed from portions of county: Tate Polk's Landing Union County Baker Beulah Buncombe

22 Union County Continued Darden Dayton County Seat: New Albany Ellistown Named for nickname of the United States Fairfield Formed: 1870 Fairview Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Pontotoc and Tippah Fredonia counties Golding Graham Keownville Lenox Molino Myrtle New Albany Pine Grove Rocky Ford Wallerville Warren County Alexander Landing Bovina Brunswick County Seat: Vicksburg Butler Named for Joseph Warren, hero of the Revolutionary War Calmar Formed: 1817 Cardiff Parent Territory of Current County: Created 1809 as a county of the Diamond Mississippi Territory from the Natchez District Forest Home Counties formed from portions of county: Sharkey, Washington Fox Landing Halpino Haynes Bluff Nanachehaw New Town Landing Oak Bend Oak Ridge Russellville Ursino Vicksburg Warrenton Yokena Washington County Arcola Belzona Burn City County Seat: Greenville Burtonia Named for President George Washington Carolina Formed: 1827 Chatham Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Warren and Yazoo Estelle counties Glen Allan Counties formed from portions of county: Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey Glenora

23 Washington County Continued Greenville Lake Washington Leota Longwood Modoc Mount Place Offutt Percy Refuge Stoneville Westburgh Wayne County Bucatunna Eucutta Fondi County Seat: Waynesboro Matherville Named for General Anthony Wayne, hero of the American Revolution Progression Formed: 1817 Randall's Bluff Parent Territory of Current County: Created 1809 as a county of the Tokio Mississippi Territory from old Washington County Waynesboro Counties formed from portions of county: Covington, Greene, Jasper, Jones Winchester Webster County Alva Anderson Bellefontaine County Seat: Walthall Cadaretta Named for Daniel Webster, early American statesman Cumberland Formed: 1874 Embry Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Montgomery, Chickasaw, Greensboro Choctaw and Oktibbeha counties Hohenlinden Counties formed from portions of county: Grenada Lamb Line Creek Monte Vista Spring Creek Spring Valley Walthall Wilkinson County Ashwood Station Cold Springs Fort Adams County Seat: Woodville Holly Retreat Named for General James Wilkinson Langside Formed: 1817 Wilkinson Parent Territory of Current County: Created 1802 as a county of the Woodville Mississippi Territory from Adams County Counties formed from portions of county: Amite

24 Winston County Coopwood Fearn's Springs Lookfoma County Seat: Louisville Louisville Named for Louis Winston, distinguished citizen of Mississippi Noxapater Formed: 1833 Perkinsville Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Plattsburgh Pugh Rome Singleton Vowell Webster Yalabusha County Air Mount Coffeeville Garner County Seats: Coffeeville and Water Valley Hatton Named for Indian word meaning tadpole place Oakland Formed: 1833 Pine Valley Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Tillatoba Torrence Counties formed from portions of county: Calhoun, Grenada Vann's Mills Water Valley Yazoo County Belle Prairie Benton Bentonia County Seat: Yazoo Campbellsville Named for Indian word meaning river of death Chilton Formed: 1823 Deasonville Parent Territory of Current County: Created from Hinds County Dick Counties formed from portions of county: Holmes, Humphreys, Madison, Dover Washington Enola Free Run Green Hill Home Park Lake City Parkers Phoenix Rokeby roseneath Satartia Shiloh Silver City Triune Vaughn Way's Bluff

25 Yazoo County Continued Woodbine Yazoo City Zeiglersville MISSISSIPPI COUNTY MAP