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. "scott county").

Showing results 51-100 of 299 for scott county

  • 69764-map-01.tif

    Madison County : white school map.

    Madison County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191483

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 71041-map-01.tif

    General highway map : Sunflower County.

    Sunflower County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191498

  • 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

  • 85545-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Greene County / U.S.

    Greene County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191645

  • 85586-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Hancock County / U.S.

    Hancock County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191646

  • 85653-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Jackson County / U.S.

    Jackson County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191647

  • 85654-1-map.tif

    Soil map : Mississippi, Jasper County / U.S.

    Jasper County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191648

  • 85743-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Marion County / U.S.

    Marion County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191657

  • 85875-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi: Rankin County / U.S.

    Rankin County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191668

  • 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

  • 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

  • 69340-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi: Grenada County sheet / U.S.

    Grenada County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191366

  • 69345-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi, Adams County sheet / U.S.

    Adams County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191369

  • 69689-map-01.tif

    City of Vicksburg, Warren County, Vicksburg / by O.M.

    Warren County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191430

  • 69760-1-map.tif

    Monroe County under law 1829 : schematic.

    Monroe County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191480

  • 69777-01-map.tif

    Bolivar County, Mississippi : survey of townships.

    Bolivar County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191493

  • 85198-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Chickasaw County sheet / U.S. Dept.

    Chickasaw County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191636

  • 85370-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Amite County sheet / U.S.

    Amite County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191637

  • 85503-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Choctaw County sheet / U.S.

    Choctaw County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191638

  • 85529-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Clarke County sheet / U.S.

    Clarke County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191639

  • 85541-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Coahoma County sheet / U.S.

    Coahoma County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191641

  • 85542-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Covington County sheet / U.S.

    Covington County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191642

  • 85543-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Forrest County sheet / U.S.

    Forrest County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191643

  • 85544-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : George County sheet / U.S.

    George County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191644

  • 85684-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Jones County sheet / U.S.

    Jones County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191650

  • 85688-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Lafayette County sheet / U.S.

    Lafayette County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191651

  • 85689-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Lamar County sheet / U.S.

    Lamar County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191652

  • 85690-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Lauderdale County sheet / U.S.

    Lauderdale County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191653

  • 85738-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Lee County sheet / U.S.

    Lee County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191654

  • 85739-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Lincoln County sheet / U.S.

    Lincoln County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191655

  • 85741-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Lowndes County sheet / U.S.

    Lowndes County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191656

  • 85839-1-map.tif

    Soil map : Mississippi, Monroe County sheet / U.S.

    Monroe County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191658

  • 85840-1-map.tif

    Soil map : Mississippi, Montgomery County sheet / U.S.

    Montgomery County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191659

  • 85841-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Newton County sheet / U.S.

    Newton County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191660

  • 85842-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Noxubee County sheet / U.S.

    Noxubee County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191661

  • 85843-1-map.tif

    Soil map : Mississippi, Oktibbeha County sheet / U.S.

    Oktibbeha County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191662

  • 85868-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Perry County sheet / U.S.

    Perry County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191664

  • 85869-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Pike County sheet / U.S.

    Pike County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191665

  • 85871-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Pontotoc County sheet / U.S.

    Pontotoc County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191666

  • 85873-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Prentiss County sheet / U.S.

    Prentiss County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191667

  • 85878-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Simpson County sheet / U.S.

    Simpson County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191669

  • 85879-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Smith County sheet / U.S.

    Smith County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191670

  • 85883-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Wayne County sheet / U.S.

    Wayne County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191671

  • 85884-1-map.tif

    Soil map, Mississippi : Wilkinson County sheet / U.S.

    Wilkinson County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191672

  • 85885-1-map.tif

    Soil map [Mississippi] : Winston County Sheet / U.S.

    Winston County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191673

  • 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