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. "jackson county").

Showing results 1-50 of 317 for jackson county

  • 68740_map.tif

    Pascagoula quadrangle, Mississippi - Jackson Co., 1955 : 7.5 minute series (topographic).

    MA/QUAD/Pascagoula quadrangle, Mississippi-Jackson Co. 1955

    Jackson County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191346

  • 68365_east_map.tif

    Horn Island East quadrangle, Mississippi - Jackson Co., 1960 : 7.5 minute series (topographic).

    MA/QUAD/Horn Island East quadrangle, Mississippi-Jackson Co. 1960

    Jackson County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191337

  • 68368_west_map.tif

    Horn Island West quadrangle, Mississippi - Jackson Co., 1960 : 7.5 minute series (topographic).

    MA/QUAD/Horn Island West quadrangle, Mississippi-Jackson Co. 1960

    Jackson County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191339

  • 85653-1-map.tif

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

    Jackson County

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

  • 69620-map-01.tif

    Jackson.

    Compliments of Jackson's Spirit of '76, 1776-1976, Jackson, Mississippi, Bicentennial Committee, side

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191401

  • 69620-map-02.tif

    Jackson.

    Compliments of Jackson's Spirit of '76, 1776-1976, Jackson, Mississippi, Bicentennial Committee, side

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191402

  • 72822-map-01.tif

    Jackson / prepared by the U.S. Army Topographic Command (TPCTV).

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191629

  • 124459-map-01.tif

    Jackson / prepared by the Army Map Service (AMTV), Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191701

  • 69591_Map.tif

    Jackson, Mississippi / P. A. Vandorn. Original plan for the city of Jackson.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191385

  • 69596-map-01.tif

    Jackson, Mississippi.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191388

  • 69600-map-01.tif

    Jackson, Miss., 1910.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191390

  • 69624-map-01.tif

    Jackson, Mississippi 1979, side 1.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191403

  • 69624-map-02.tif

    Jackson, Mississippi 1979, side 2.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191404

  • 69595-01-map.tif

    Map of Jackson, Mississippi / A.J.

    Larsen ("This map completed Sept. 23, 1874, from Mayor's Office, Jackson, Miss.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191387

  • 69601-map-01.tif

    Map of Jackson, Mississippi / issued by Jackson Convention Bureau, a division of Jackson Chamber of Commerce

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191391

  • 69601-map-02.tif

    Map of Jackson, Mississippi / issued by Jackson Convention Bureau, a division of Jackson Chamber of Commerce

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191392

  • 69603-map-01.tif

    Map of Jackson, Mississippi.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191393

  • 69608-map-01.tif

    City of Jackson, Mississippi, side 1.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191396

  • 69608-map-02.tif

    City of Jackson, Mississippi, side 2.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191397

  • 69616-map-01.tif

    Map of Jackson, Mississippi.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191399

  • 69631-01-map.tif

    Map of Jackson, Mississippi.

    Jackson Chamber of Commerce (Jackson, Miss.)

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191410

  • 116693-map-1.tif

    Belhaven Heights : Jackson, Miss.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191686

  • 69614-01-map.tif

    Official ward map, Jackson, Miss. Compliments Jim Eastland, Candidate for U.S. Senate.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191398

  • 69617-map-01.tif

    Jackson, Mississippi, by blocks, 1960.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191400

  • 69627-map-01.tif

    Official map of Jackson, Miss.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191405

  • 69629-map-01.tif

    Official map of Jackson, Miss., side 1 view 1.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191406

  • 69629-map-02.tif

    Official map of Jackson, Miss., side 1 view 2.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191407

  • 69629-map-03.tif

    Official map of Jackson, Miss., side 2.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191408

  • 85890-map-01.tif

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

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191677

  • 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

  • 69592-1-map.tif

    T5R1E, state of Mississippi : Jackson, Mississippi / Levin Wailes (negative photostat).

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191386

  • 69605-map-01.tif

    Zip code : local zones, Jackson, Miss., side 1.

    Jackson

    Hinds County

    https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/maps/detail/191394