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Government. County government. Subdivisions. 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 .
Mississippi. Mississippi ( / ˌmɪsəˈsɪpi / ⓘ MISS-ə-SIH-pee) [6] is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the southwest, and Arkansas to the northwest.
Second state to declare secession from the United States on January 9, 1861. Founding state of the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861. American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865. Mississippi in the American Civil War. Siege of Corinth, April 29 – May 30, 1862.
Map of the United States with Mississippi highlighted Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States . According to the 2020 United States Census , Mississippi is the 32nd-most populous state , with 2,949,965 inhabitants and the 31st largest by land area , spanning 46,923.27 square miles (121,530.7 km 2 ) of land. [ 1 ]
The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.
UTC−5 ( CDT) Congressional district. 1st. Website. lowndescountyms .com. Lowndes County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 58,879. [ 1] Its county seat is Columbus. [ 2] The county is named for U.S. Congressman William Jones Lowndes.
www .golincolnms .com. Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,907. [1] Its county seat is Brookhaven. [2] The county was created by the legislature on April 7, 1870, during the Reconstruction Era. It was formed from portions of Lawrence, Pike, Franklin, Copiah, and Amite ...
Leflore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,339. [1] The county seat is Greenwood. [2] The county is named for Choctaw leader Greenwood LeFlore, who signed a treaty to cede his people's land to the United States in exchange for land in Indian Territory.