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Map of the Mississippi Delta Region (outlined in green) Mississippi is bordered to the north by Tennessee, to the east by Alabama, to the south by Louisiana and a narrow coast on the Gulf of Mexico; and to the west, across the Mississippi River, by Louisiana and Arkansas .
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Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the...
- Flag of Mississippi
The flag of Mississippi consists of a white magnolia blossom...
- Coat of Arms of Mississippi
Etymology. Virtute et armis (Latin "By valor and arms") is a...
- House of Representatives
The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house...
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Southaven is a city in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United...
- List of People From Mississippi
Physicians. Henry Cloud (born 1956), clinical psychologist...
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Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817,...
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Mississippi map from Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899) by Charles C. Royce The United States government removed land from the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes from 1801 to about 1830, as white settlers entered the territory from coastal states.
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The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act signed into law by President John Adams on April 7, 1798. It was dissolved on December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi.
Map of the Mississippi Territory in 1816 created by Fielding Lucas. Courtesy Mississippi Department Archives and History. Winthrop Sargent of Massachusetts, the first governor of the Mississippi Territory, arrived in Natchez in 1798.
Jul 22, 2019 · Mississippi Territory 1810 — 342K. Pre-statehood map of Mississippi Territory, drawn by Christian Schultz, Jr. and published by I. Riley, New York. Courtesy of F. Dean Williams Mississippi Territory 1816 — 411K. Pre-statehood map of Mississippi Territory, which included the present states of Mississippi and Alabama. Mississippi 1820 — 1,215K.
cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place. There are 82 counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Mississippi is tied with Arkansas for the most counties with two county seats, at 10. Mississippi's postal abbreviation is MS and its FIPS state code is 28 .
During the first phase of the Great Migration, which began in 1798 and continued until 1819, two distinct waves of immigrants swept into the Territory. The first wave began when the Territory was organized and subsided when the War of 1812 began. The second wave developed after the war ended in 1814. It peaked in the years 1818-1819 and receded ...
