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.
read more...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.
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Showing results 51-100 of 297 for marion county
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69750-map-01.tif
Map of Pearl River County.
Pearl River County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191473
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69764-map-01.tif
Madison County : white school map.
Madison County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191483
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69772-map-c1-01.tif
Map of Lee County, Mississippi / Board of Supervisors, Tupelo, Mississippi, copy 1.
Lee County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191487
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69772-map-c2-01.tif
Map of Lee County, Mississippi / Board of Supervisors, Tupelo, Mississippi, copy 2.
Lee County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191488
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69773-map-01.tif
Map of Lee County, Mississippi / compiled by the Board of Supervisors, Tupelo, Mississippi.
Lee County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191489
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69774-map-01.tif
Map of Lee County, Mississippi. Jeff A. Hopkins' map showing trails, etc.
Lee County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191490
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71041-map-01.tif
General highway map : Sunflower County.
Sunflower County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191498
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85530-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Clay County / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils.
Clay County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191640
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85545-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Greene County / U.S.
Greene County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191645
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85586-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Hancock County / U.S.
Hancock County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191646
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85653-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Jackson County / U.S.
Jackson County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191647
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85654-1-map.tif
Soil map : Mississippi, Jasper County / U.S.
Jasper County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191648
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85875-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi: Rankin County / U.S.
Rankin County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191668
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67712-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Alcorn County sheet / U.S.
Published originally as an attached map with Soil survey of Alcorn County, Mississippi / E.
Alcorn County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191321
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69333_map.tif
Jefferson County, Mississippi : general highway map / prepared by Mississippi State Highway Department
Jefferson County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191363
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69340-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi: Grenada County sheet / U.S.
Grenada County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191366
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69345-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi, Adams County sheet / U.S.
Adams County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191369
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69689-map-01.tif
City of Vicksburg, Warren County, Vicksburg / by O.M.
Warren County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191430
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69760-1-map.tif
Monroe County under law 1829 : schematic.
Monroe County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191480
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69777-01-map.tif
Bolivar County, Mississippi : survey of townships.
Bolivar County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191493
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85198-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Chickasaw County sheet / U.S. Dept.
Chickasaw County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191636
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85370-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Amite County sheet / U.S.
Amite County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191637
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85503-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Choctaw County sheet / U.S.
Choctaw County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191638
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85529-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Clarke County sheet / U.S.
Clarke County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191639
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85541-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Coahoma County sheet / U.S.
Coahoma County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191641
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85542-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Covington County sheet / U.S.
Covington County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191642
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85543-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Forrest County sheet / U.S.
Forrest County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191643
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85544-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : George County sheet / U.S.
George County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191644
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85684-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Jones County sheet / U.S.
Jones County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191650
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85688-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Lafayette County sheet / U.S.
Lafayette County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191651
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85689-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Lamar County sheet / U.S.
Lamar County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191652
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85690-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Lauderdale County sheet / U.S.
Lauderdale County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191653
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85738-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Lee County sheet / U.S.
Lee County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191654
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85739-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Lincoln County sheet / U.S.
Lincoln County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191655
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85741-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Lowndes County sheet / U.S.
Lowndes County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191656
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85839-1-map.tif
Soil map : Mississippi, Monroe County sheet / U.S.
Monroe County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191658
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85840-1-map.tif
Soil map : Mississippi, Montgomery County sheet / U.S.
Montgomery County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191659
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85841-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Newton County sheet / U.S.
Newton County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191660
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85842-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Noxubee County sheet / U.S.
Noxubee County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191661
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85843-1-map.tif
Soil map : Mississippi, Oktibbeha County sheet / U.S.
Oktibbeha County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191662
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85868-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Perry County sheet / U.S.
Perry County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191664
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85869-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Pike County sheet / U.S.
Pike County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191665
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85871-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Pontotoc County sheet / U.S.
Pontotoc County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191666
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85873-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Prentiss County sheet / U.S.
Prentiss County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191667
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85878-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Simpson County sheet / U.S.
Simpson County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191669
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85879-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Smith County sheet / U.S.
Smith County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191670
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85883-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Wayne County sheet / U.S.
Wayne County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191671
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85884-1-map.tif
Soil map, Mississippi : Wilkinson County sheet / U.S.
Wilkinson County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191672
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85885-1-map.tif
Soil map [Mississippi] : Winston County Sheet / U.S.
Winston County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191673
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67711_1.tif
Historical Copiah County : charter January 21, 1823 / by Robert W. Bell, Jr.
Copiah County
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191320