Historical Maps

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has cataloged over 2,500 maps in its "published information" collection. They include hand-drawn sketches of towns, localities, plantations, and battlefields, as well as published maps from the sixteenth through twenty-first centuries.

MDAH staff digitized over 600 paper maps for this online exhibit. The earliest is a triptych printed by the famous Dutch cartographer Abraham Ortelius in 1588, including La Florida, drawn by Geronimo Chaves. In his book The Southeast in Early Maps, William P. Cumming called La Florida "one of the half-dozen most important mother maps of southeastern North America." Several maps in the exhibit trace the history of Mississippi from early exploration through colonial expansion, the territorial period, and statehood. Others are hand-drawn plans and plats of towns, such as P. A. Van Dorn's original plan for the city of Jackson in 1822.

Many maps can also be found in other MDAH collections, such as government records and personal papers. One such example is included in this exhibit, the colorful map of the town of Washington, Mississippi, hand drawn by B. L. C. Wailes in the town's 1838 Minute Book. Maps that other state government agencies (especially the Mississippi Department of Transportation) have scanned to document work projects and then transferred to MDAH are not included here but can be accessed with other electronic government records.

You may try wrapping a query in double quotes for more specific results (e.g. "pearl River county").

Showing results 1-50 of 364 for pearl River county

  • 69750-map-01.tif

    Map of Pearl River County.

    Pearl River County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191473

  • 85844-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Pearl River County sheet / U.S.

    Pearl River County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191663

  • 72487-08-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193044

  • 72487-09-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw. Molitor, sheet 9.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193045

  • 72487-10-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw. Molitor, sheet 10.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193046

  • 72487-11-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw. Molitor, sheet 11.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193047

  • 72487-12-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw. Molitor, sheet 12.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193048

  • 72487-13-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193049

  • 72487-14-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193050

  • 72487-15-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw. Molitor, sheet 15.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193051

  • 72487-16-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw. Molitor, sheet 16.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193052

  • 72487-17-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw. Molitor, sheet 17.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193053

  • 72487-18-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193054

  • 72487-19-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193055

  • 72487-20-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193056

  • 72487-21-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw. Molitor, sheet 21.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193057

  • 72487-22-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193058

  • 72487-23-map.tif

    Mississippi River / published by the Mississippi River Commission, drawn by Edw. Molitor, sheet 23.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/193059

  • 14145-1-map.tif

    False River / Benj. Farar.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191297

  • 72592-map-01.tif

    Big Black River basin : Big Black River and tributaries, Mississippi / U.S.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191580

  • 8119-01-map.tif

    Plan of the River Mississippi from the River Yazous to the River Ibberville in West Florida.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191083

  • 8140-1-map.tif

    Entrance to Pascagoula River, Mississippi / by the hydrographic party under the command of Lieut.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191096

  • 126655-map-01.tif

    Township no. 2 in range no. 5 and 6, west : land district east of Pearl River, M.T. / Tho Freeman.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191705

  • 72608-map-01.tif

    Pearl & Big Black rivers and minor tributaries in Louisiana and Mississippi / U.S.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191582

  • 72608-map-02.tif

    Pearl & Big Black rivers and minor tributaries in Louisiana and Mississippi / U.S.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191583

  • 72492-map.tif

    Part of Township 20, R26, Leflore County: showing Yallabusha (sic) River, Charley's Trail, Patacocone

    Leflore County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191518

  • 69304-map-01.tif

    Grenada County.

    Grenada County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191357

  • 69320-map-01.tif

    Humphreys County.

    Humphreys County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191360

  • 69323-map-01.tif

    Itawamba County.

    Itawamba County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191361

  • 69332-map-01.tif

    Jefferson County.

    Jefferson County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191362

  • 69335-map-01.tif

    Jefferson County.

    Jefferson County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191364

  • 69337-map-01.tif

    Jones County.

    Jones County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191365

  • 69724-map-01.tif

    Wilkinson County.

    Wilkinson County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191457

  • 69728-map-01.tif

    Washington County. The reverse contains a January 21, 1921, letter to Dunbar Rowland from W. A.

    Washington County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191460

  • 69728-map-02.tif

    Washington County. The reverse contains a January 21, 1921, letter to Dunbar Rowland from W. A.

    Washington County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191461

  • 69734-01-map.tif

    Tishomingo County / Joe Bell, former Secy of State.

    Tishomingo County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191463

  • 69735-map-01.tif

    Tippah County.

    Tippah County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191464

  • 69752-map-01.tif

    Panola County.

    Panola County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191474

  • 69755-map-01-c2.tif

    Noxubee County.

    Noxubee County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191476

  • 69756-map-01.tif

    Noxubee County.

    Noxubee County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191477

  • 69757-map-01-c1.tif

    Neshoba County.

    Neshoba County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191478

  • 69759-map-01.tif

    Montgomery County.

    Montgomery County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191479

  • 69761-map-01.tif

    Marshall County.

    Marshall County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191481

  • 69765-map-01.tif

    Madison County.

    Madison County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191484

  • 69775-map-01.tif

    Lafayette County.

    Lafayette County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191491

  • 14003-map.tif

    A map of the country adjacent to the River Misisipi /copied by A[lexander] S[potswood] from the original

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191243

  • 82424-01-map.tif

    County highway maps (annotated), 1938-1996. Marion County map.

    Marion County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191634

  • 8034-map-1.tif

    A map of Louisiana and of the river Mississipi / by John Senex.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191040

  • 14070-map-01.tif

    A plan of the Lakes Ponchartrain, and Maurepas, and the river Ibberville : and also of the river Mississippi

    from its mouth to the river Yazou. - A distance of 450 miles / by Tho.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191262

  • 14070-map-02.tif

    A plan of the Lakes Ponchartrain, and Maurepas, and the river Ibberville: and also of the river Mississippi

    from its mouth to the river Yazou. - A distance of 450 miles / by Tho.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191263