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. "de soto county").

Showing results 1-50 of 346 for de soto county

  • 13944-map-1.tif

    Route of Hernando De Soto and Luis De Moscoso : according to the findings of the U.S.

    De Soto expedition commission.

    From: The Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission, facing p. 348.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191229

  • 13943_1_map.tif

    From a photocopy of the so-called "De Soto map."

    From: The Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission, facing p. 348.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191228

  • 13952-1-map.tif

    Route of Hernando De Soto and his successor 1539-1543 : according to various students / compiled by J.R

    From: The Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission, facing p. 348.

    United States De Soto Expedition Commission

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191235

  • 14107-1-map.tif

    Plano de la plaza de Panzacola [sic].

    Handsketch of original manuscript map located in the Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, 1799.

    Escambia County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191273

  • 13891-1-map.tif

    Croquis de la posicion del campo de Cerro Gordo : para la inteligencia de la batalla del 18 de Abril

    de 1847.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191191

  • 527-1-map.tif

    Carte de la Louisiane / par le Sr. d'Anville dressee en mai 1732. [Gravee par] Guille. de la Haye.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191035

  • 13947_1_map.tif

    Section of the Mitchell map (1755) to show the trail probably followed by De Soto's army from the Chickasaw

    country to the Mississippi.

    From: The Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission, p. 347.

    United States De Soto Expedition Commission

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191231

  • 13948_1_map.tif

    From: The Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission, p. 348.

    United States De Soto Expedition Commission

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191232

  • 13950_1_map.tif

    Mckee Island and the supposed site of the town of Tali to illustrate De Soto's visit in 1540.

    From: The Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission, p. 346.

    United States De Soto Expedition Commission

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191233

  • 13951_1_map.tif

    Section of the Mitchell map to show trails probably used by De Soto's army in western South Carolina

    From: The Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission, p. 345.

    United States De Soto Expedition Commission

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191234

  • 13964-1-map.tif

    Lovisiana by de Rivier Missisippi.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191237

  • 13970-1-map.tif

    Carte de partie de la coste du Nouveau Biloxy : avec les isles des environs / Le Blond de la Tour (photocopy

    Le Blond de la Tour, Pierre

    Harrison County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191238

  • 528-1-map.tif

    Carte reduite des costes de la Louisiane et de la Floride : Dressee au Depost des cartes, plans, et journeaux

    de la marine / par le S.

    Bellin, ingenieur de la marine. No. 66.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191036

  • 13633-1-map.tif

    Carte du Mexique et de la Floride : des terres angloises et des Isles Antilles, du cours et des environs

    de la riviere de Mississipi [sic] / dressee sur un grand nombre de memoires principalemt. sur ceux de

    L'Isle, Guillaume de

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191142

  • 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

  • 13933-01-map.tif

    Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France: nouvelle angleterre et Nouvelle Yorck, l' Isle de Terre Neuve, la Louisiane

    et le cours de la riviere de Misisipi / N. de Fer.

    Fer, Nicolas de

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191227

  • 8032-1-map.tif

    Partie meridionale de la Louisiane avec la Virginie / par Sr. D'Anville.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191039

  • 14134-1-map.tif

    Les Etats Unis de l'Amerique septentrionale, partie occidentale / par M.

    Bonne, ingenieur hydrographe de la marine.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191294

  • 13946_1_map.tif

    Tampa Bay to illustrate the landing of De Soto's Army as indicated in the present report.

    From: The Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission, p. 344.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191230

  • 82424-01-map.tif

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

    Marion County

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

  • 69307-map-01.tif

    George County, Mississippi.

    George County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191358

  • 69344-map-01.tif

    Hinds County, Mississippi / Richard I. Scott, del.

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191368

  • 69737-map-01.tif

    Tippah County, Mississippi.

    Tippah County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191465

  • 69748-1-map.tif

    Pontotoc County, Mississippi / historians of Pontotoc County.

    Pontotoc County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191472

  • 69753-map-01.tif

    Oktibbeha County, Mississippi / by John H.

    Oktibbeha County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191475

  • 69776-map-1.tif

    Bolivar County, T17R5W.

    Bolivar County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191492

  • 69779-map-01.tif

    Claiborne County, Mississippi.

    Claiborne County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191494

  • 69723-map-01.tif

    Winston County, Mississippi [map] / LaSueur.

    Winston County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/928318

  • 8031-c1-map.tif

    Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi / dressee sur un grand nombre de memoires entrautres

    [i.e. entr'autres] sur ceux de Mr. le Maire, par Guillaume de l'Isle.

    L'Isle, Guillaume de

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191038

  • 13631-1-map.tif

    Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi /dressee sur un grand nombre de memoires entrautres

    [i.e. entr'autres] sur ceux de Mr. le Maire, par Guillaume de l'Isle.

    L'Isle, Guillaume de

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191141

  • 13954-map.tif

    Reconquista del Fuerte de San Marcos de Apalache : por las tropas Espanolas al mando del tente.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191236

  • 13990-1-map.tif

    The territory between the Chattahoochee and Mississippi Rivers / Baron de Crenay.

    Crenay, Baron de

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191241