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Mississippi is the 20th state of the United States and is situated in the southern parts of the country.
The biggest city and capital of Mississippi is Jackson. The name of the state was originated from the famous Mississippi River.
About Mississippi Counties
The U.S. state of Mississippi is a quite big state and is made up of 82 counties. The state equals Arkansas for majority of counties with two county seats, at 10. The postal code of the state is MS and the FIPS state code is 28. A Mississippi county seat map shows the different counties in the state with their corresponding county seats. Some of the important counties with their county seats are given below:
| Name |
County Seat
|
Founded |
Population |
Area |
| Adams County |
Natchez
|
1799
|
32,297
|
460 sq miles |
| Alcorn County |
Corinth
|
1870
|
37,057
|
400 sq miles
|
| Bolivar County |
Cleveland and Rosedale |
1836
|
34,145 |
876 sq miles |
| Coahoma County |
Clarksdale |
1836 |
26,151 |
554 sq miles |
| Copiah County
|
Hazlehurst
|
1823
|
29,449
|
777 sq miles |
| DeSoto
County |
Hernando
|
1836
|
161,252
|
478 sq miles |
| Forrest
County |
Hattiesburg
|
1906
|
74,934
|
467 sq miles
|
| George County |
Lucedale
|
1910
|
22,578
|
478 sq miles
|
| Hancock
County |
Bay Saint Louis |
1812
|
43,929
|
477 sq miles |
| Harrison County |
Gulfport and Biloxi |
1841 |
187,105 |
581 sq miles |
| Hinds County |
Jackson |
1821 |
245,285 |
869 sq miles |
| Jackson County |
Pascagoula |
1812 |
139,668 |
727 sq miles |
| Jones County |
Laurel |
1826 |
67,761 |
694 sq miles |
| Lauderdale
County |
Meridian |
1833
|
80,261
|
704 sq miles |
| Lee
County |
Tupelo
|
1866
|
82,910
|
450 sq miles
|
| Lowndes
County |
Columbus
|
1830
|
59,779 |
502 sq miles |
| Madison
County |
Canton
|
1828
|
95,203
|
719 sq miles
|
| Oktibbeha
County |
Starkville
|
1833
|
47,671 |
458 sq miles |
| Pearl River County |
Poplarville
|
1890
|
55,834
|
812 sq miles |
