Description: Detailed map of Mississippi State, USA showing cities, towns, county formations, roads, US highways and State routes.
Map of Mississippi - Mississippi map featuring cities, counties, towns and a detailed road network. This guide reads directly from the attached county-first image, which spotlights all counties, county seats, major cities and towns, bordering states, and a clean, road-light design for orientation. The detailed map uses bold county blocks so you can move visually from the Tennessee line through the Delta, across central Mississippi to Alabama, then down the Gulf Coast. Rivers and reservoirs such as the Mississippi River, Yazoo River, Pearl River, Pascagoula River, Tombigbee, Ross Barnett Reservoir, Grenada Lake, Sardis Lake, Arkabutla Lake, Enid Lake, Okatibbee Lake, Pickwick Lake, and the Gulf of Mexico make navigation simple without relying on dense road symbols. Where highways are mentioned, treat them as light cues only.
Start at the borders. Mississippi touches Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, Louisiana and Arkansas across the Mississippi River to the west, plus the Gulf of Mexico to the South.
Find the county seat in each shaded block, then note the other city labels in that county.
Let water lead your eye. The Mississippi River, coastal bays, and big reservoirs are the quickest anchors on a road-light map.
Use roads only for orientation. Interstates like I-55, I-20, I-59, and I-10 appear lightly to help you cross-check position.
On the map: Hernando appears just south of the Tennessee line, with Olive Branch, Southaven, and Horn Lake labeled across a growing suburban area tied to Memphis. Arkabutla Lake sits on the west side, an easy blue reference.
Labels you will see: Tunica, Tunica Resorts area, river levees, and the Mississippi River floodplain. The county hugs the big river north of Coahoma.
Visuals: Senatobia sits along the north-south corridor between Desoto and Panola; smaller towns such as Coldwater appear near the lake outflow.
What stands out is that Holly Springs is central; the county lies east of Desoto and Tate, with wooded terrain leading toward the Tennessee line and the Holly Springs area lakes.
Map reading: A compact county on the Tennessee border. Ashland anchors the center with Hickory Flat along the route toward Union County.
Seen clearly: Corinth sits near the Tennessee line and rail junctions; Kossuth appears southwest. Pickwick Lake touches the far northeast corner.
Labels: Ripley in the center; Walnut along the state line toward Tennessee. Rolling wooded hills show in the background textures.
Coast-to-river cue: Iuka is near Pickwick Lake and the Tennessee River system; Belmont, Tishomingo, and Golden line the Alabama side.
Cities: Booneville is prominent, with Baldwyn straddling the Prentiss-Lee line. Rail and river valleys create the county's structure.
What you notice: Tupelo is the large label in northeast Mississippi; Saltillo, Verona, and Plantersville surround it. The county sits between Prentiss and Itawamba.
On the edge: Fulton sits close to the Alabama border; Mantachie is visible to the northwest along the Tombigbee waterway.
River cue: Aberdeen rests on the Tombigbee with Amory and Smithville labeled near the Alabama line.
Map features: Columbus is the bold label on the Tombigbee; New Hope and Caledonia appear eastward toward Alabama.
University anchor: Starkville is central and strong; Mississippi State University vibes frame the area. The county lies just west of Lowndes.
Labels: West Point near the Tombigbee; the county bridges Starkville and Columbus toward the river corridor.
Reading tip: Pittsboro appears just west of Bruce; rolling hill country sits between the Delta and the hills.
On the map: Houston is central; Okolona appears toward the east along the historic corridor into Lee County.
Visuals: Pontotoc lies between Tupelo and Oxford, with Ecru and Algoma labeled.
Seat and towns: New Albany over the Little Tallahatchie River; Myrtle sits north on the county edge.
What stands out: Oxford is a large label and home of Ole Miss; Abbeville and Taylor mark the smaller communities. Sardis Lake edge is nearby to the northwest.
Map emphasis: Water Valley sits to the north; Coffeeville to the South. The county lies between Oxford and Grenada Lake.
Water anchor: Grenada is just below Grenada Lake and the Yalobusha River; the county is an easy mid-state waypoint.
Seen clearly: Winona sits along the central corridor; Kilmichael appears west in wooded terrain.
Note: The town of Walthall anchors the county; Eupora is the other main label along the hill belt.
Map reading: Ackerman sits just east of Weir, well placed between the Oktibbeha and Attala lines.
Delta core: Clarksdale is a large label along the Sunflower and Yazoo lowlands; Friars Point and Lyon appear near the river.
Labels: Marks is central; small towns spread into the farm grid between Coahoma and Panola.
What to note: Batesville is prominent near Enid Lake; Sardis sits by Sardis Lake. The county straddles the Delta and hill line.
Map cues: Charleston appears in the hills; Sumner lies in the Delta flats near the Tallahatchie River.
Visible labels: Indianola stands central; Ruleville, Moorhead, and Sunflower follow the canals and bayous.
Delta hub: Greenwood is where the Yazoo and Tallahatchie meet to form the Yazoo River; Itta Bena lies to the west.
Along the river: Greenville faces the Mississippi; Leland sits southeast with bayou labels nearby.
Map reading: Cleveland is central; Rosedale touches the big river; Shaw and Shelby appear along the north-south Delta corridor.
Seen clearly: Rolling Fork stands near Deer Creek; the county sits south of Humphreys on the floodplain.
Sparse and riverbound: Mayersville hugs the Mississippi with broad bottomlands filling the map space.
Labels: Belzoni lies amid bayous and catfish farms; the county bridges Sunflower and Yazoo.
Map anchor: Yazoo City sits where the Yazoo hills touch the Delta. Satartia appears along the river, and the county stretches southeast toward Madison.
On the hills: Kosciusko is on the Natchez Trace ridge; Ethel and McCool appear in the uplands.
Labels: Carthage is central; Walnut Grove, Lena, and river meanders feed toward the Pearl River and Ross Barnett Reservoir just south.
Metro North: Canton north of Jackson; Ridgeland and Madison form the metro edge along Ross Barnett Reservoir.
Metro East: Brandon is the seat; Pearl, Flowood, Richland, Pelahatchie, and Florence make up the cluster to the east of Jackson.
Map emphasis: Jackson appears as the large state capital label. Raymond also serves as a county seat. Clinton, Byram, and Utica are marked within the county block.
River landmark: Vicksburg overlooks the Mississippi; the Delta and Yazoo backwaters appear north of the city.
Along the bluffs: Port Gibson sits between Vicksburg and Natchez; the river forms the western boundary.
Labels: Fayette with small towns such as Union Church along interior routes.
Historic river city: Natchez is bold on the bluffs above the Mississippi; Vidalia, LA, lies across the bridge on the map.
Southwest corner: Woodville appears near the Louisiana line with forested low hills.
On the map: Liberty appears as the small seat west of McComb; creeks flow toward the Amite River system.
City cluster: Magnolia is the seat; McComb is the large city label along the rail corridor. Osyka sits near the Louisiana line.
Labels: Tylertown lies east of Pike; the county bridges toward Marion and Pearl River.
Regional hub: Brookhaven anchors the I-55 corridor on the map with several neighborhoods and small towns noted.
Forest and creeks: Meadville lies along the Homochitto National Forest area; Bude appears adjacent.
River cue: Monticello sits along the Pearl River bend; the county connects Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
Map reading: Hazlehurst and Crystal Springs lie between Brookhaven and Jackson across rolling pine land.
Labels: Mendenhall, Magee, and D'Lo form a line between Rankin and Covington.
Seat and towns: Raleigh is central, with Taylorsville on the Covington border.
Metro fringe east: Forest is the seat; Morton, Lake, and Hillsboro are marked along the light east-west corridor.
Labels: Decatur sits between Union, Newton, Chunky, and Conehatta near the state's center.
On the map: Bay Springs is prominent; Paulding appears as the historic seat to the east. The county bridges Smith and Jones.
Twin seats visible: Laurel is the larger city; Ellisville sits just south along the light north-south corridor.
Labels: Collins is centered; Seminary and Mt. Olive align with the Jones and Simpson lines.
Reading tip: Prentiss is the seat; Bassfield appears along the Pearl River headwaters area.
Map features: Columbia is on the Pearl River; Foxworth and Sandy Hook are nearby.
Metro belt: Purvis sits south of Hattiesburg; Lumberton touches the Pearl River County line.
Regional center: Hattiesburg is bold at the junction of east-west and north-south corridors with Petal across the river.
Labels: New Augusta with Beaumont and forested tracts along the Leaf River.
Border position: Leakesville near the Alabama line; McLain and State Line are marked toward Wayne and George.
On the map: Waynesboro lies near the Chickasawhay River, a tributary of the Pascagoula system.
Labels: Quitman is central; Stonewall, Enterprise, and Shubuta appear along the east-west band.
Hub city: Meridian is a large label near the Alabama line; Collinsville and Toomsuba sit along the edges. Okatibbee Lake is just northwest.
Map reading: Philadelphia stands at the intersection of county routes; the Choctaw community and resorts are labeled nearby.
Reinforcing cue: As already covered above with central Mississippi, this leg ties the Pine Belt to the Jackson Reservoir area.
Labels: Louisville with Noxapater appear between the Oktibbeha and Neshoba borders.
Edge with Alabama: Macon sits near the line; Brooksville is the secondary label on the Tombigbee plain.
Border county: De Kalb with Scooba near the Alabama side. Rural timberlands dominate the background color.
These were detailed above in sequence around the Homochitto and Pearl waters. Use the Pearl River and Homochitto National Forest shading to keep bearings in this part of the map.
Together, they form the Jackson metro. The Ross Barnett Reservoir north of Jackson is the strongest water cue.
This trio runs north from the Jackson area into the hill country. Yazoo City, Lexington, and Kosciusko are the seats with clear labels.
Coastal cue: Bay St. Louis and Waveland sit on the bay; Pearlington appears near the Louisiana border. The Pearl River Delta is a central blue space.
Twin centers: Gulfport and Biloxi are both labeled on the coast along Biloxi Bay. Long Beach, D'Iberville, and Pass Christian appear inside the barrier bays and bayous.
Water networks: Pascagoula sits on the Pascagoula River mouth; Moss Point, Ocean Springs, and Gautier line the Mississippi Sound and bay systems. The Alabama line is to the east.
Inland of the coast: Poplarville in the pine hills; Picayune sits near the Louisiana line and the I-59 approach to New Orleans.
Pine belt: Wiggins lies between Hattiesburg and the coast with extensive national forest blocks.
Although cities are where big things happen, Mississippi is really made up of small towns and municipalities. The musical city of Clarksdale in Coahoma County, heart of the blues, and Oxford in Lafayette County, home to the University of Mississippi, add flavour to the map.
When you look at this map, it is not about places or roads; it is a journey.
Music around Delta by a harmonica. Serious discussion of Oxford. A fun time on the boardwalk of Biloxi. The bricks of Jackson have many a story to tell.
Use this Mississippi map to discover and enjoy a state which is the proof of resilience, diversity and never-say-die spirit. You don’t have to be a historian or traveler, an academic or simply a fan of the South to want to get this map of Mississippi.
Eighty-two, each shaded and labeled with its county seat.
Jackson in Hinds County, centered in the state.
Tennessee north, Alabama east, Louisiana and Arkansas across the Mississippi River to the west.
Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties line the Mississippi Sound and Gulf of Mexico.
Lee County.
Lafayette County.
Oktibbeha County.
Lowndes County.
Lauderdale County.
Forrest County.
Harrison County.
Jackson County.
Warren County on the Mississippi River.
Adams County.
Washington County in the Delta.
Leflore County.
Yazoo County.
Coahoma County.
Alcorn County.
DeSoto County at the Tennessee line.
Arkabutla (DeSoto), Sardis (Panola/Lafayette), Enid (Yalobusha), Grenada (Grenada).
Across Madison and Rankin counties just north and east of Jackson.
Neshoba County.
Winston County.
Noxubee County on the Alabama border.
Hancock County on the coast.
Pearl River County.
As road-light orientation only. Counties, cities, borders and water lead the design.
The Mississippi, Yazoo, Tombigbee, Pearl and Pascagoula rivers.
Yes. Jackson, Brandon and Canton plus the Ross Barnett Reservoir provide clear metro orientation.
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