Description: Detailed large map of Mississippi State, USA showing cities, towns, county formations, roads highway, US highways and State routes.
This map of Mississippi with cities, counties, and towns is already large enough to read directly on your desktop. On a phone or tablet, tap the map image (or the Zoom Map label above it) to open a full-screen zoom view. Look at the map and scan by county shading first — all 82 counties sit in their own colored block, with each county seat printed in bold. From there, let the Mississippi, Pearl, and Tombigbee rivers do a lot of the orientation work alongside the light interstate layer. That road layer is intentionally minimal and not built for turn-by-turn directions — the interstates (I-55, I-20, I-59) are there strictly as cross-check cues. If you're hunting for one specific city or county, the full county and seat index and the FAQs further down the page are the fastest way to jump straight to it.
Map of Mississippi (USA). Mississippi map with cities, counties, and towns. Use this detailed map to understand Mississippi's full county grid, every administrative capital (county seat), the major cities and towns, bordering states and waters, and a few highway cues for orientation only. It is the best map style for residents, travelers, and geography students who want clarity without road clutter. Borders and waters at a glance: Mississippi borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico along the coast, and Louisiana and Arkansas across the Mississippi River to the west and southwest. All 82 counties are shown, and the Mississippi, Pearl, Yazoo, and Tombigbee rivers act as the main orientation lines running through the interior. Light corridor cues for I-55, I-59, I-20, and I-10 help place the big metro anchors the cartography marks clearly: Jackson in Hinds County, Gulfport and Biloxi in Harrison County, Southaven in DeSoto County, and Hattiesburg in Forrest County.
Start where Mississippi meets Tennessee just south of Memphis. DeSoto County lists Hernando as the seat, with fast-growing Southaven, Olive Branch, and Horn Lake labeled across the state's busiest suburban corridor. East of it, Marshall County shows Holly Springs, and Benton County marks Ashland along the Tennessee line. South of DeSoto, Tate County centers on Senatobia, and Tunica County hugs the river at Tunica, known for its casino resorts. The Delta proper begins at Coahoma County, seat Clarksdale, with Quitman County just south at Marks and Panola County spanning two seats, Batesville and Sardis, near Sardis Lake.
East across the top of the state, Alcorn County lists Corinth near the rail junctions of the Civil War era, and Tippah County shows Ripley. Tishomingo County, seat Iuka, sits in the far northeast corner where Mississippi touches both Tennessee and Alabama, near Pickwick Lake. Prentiss County marks Booneville, and Union County shows New Albany. Lee County, seat Tupelo, anchors the region's largest city outside the Jackson and coastal metros. Itawamba County lists Fulton near the Tombigbee waterway, Pontotoc County centers on Pontotoc, and Lafayette County, seat Oxford, is home to the University of Mississippi.
Southeast of Tupelo, the map opens into the Black Prairie and Tombigbee valley. Monroe County lists Aberdeen on the river, Lowndes County shows Columbus, and Oktibbeha County marks Starkville, home to Mississippi State University. Clay County lists West Point between the two university towns. To the west, Chickasaw County carries two seats, Houston and Okolona, while Calhoun County shows Pittsboro, Webster County lists Walthall, and Choctaw County marks Ackerman.
Down the western side of the state, the flat Delta counties line up along the river and its backwaters. Tallahatchie County carries two seats, Charleston and Sumner; Sunflower County lists Indianola; Leflore County shows Greenwood, where the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha rivers join to form the Yazoo. Bolivar County spans two seats, Cleveland and Rosedale, and Washington County lists Greenville on the river. Farther south, Humphreys County marks Belzoni, Sharkey County shows Rolling Fork, and thinly populated Issaquena County lists Mayersville right on the riverbank. Yazoo County, the state's largest county by area, lists Yazoo City where the Delta meets the hill line.
Between the Delta and the hills, Grenada County centers on Grenada just below Grenada Lake, and Yalobusha County carries two seats, Water Valley and Coffeeville, just south of Oxford. Montgomery County shows Winona along the central corridor, Carroll County lists two seats, Carrollton and Vaiden, and Holmes County marks Lexington. Attala County, seat Kosciusko, sits on the Natchez Trace ridge east of the Delta.
At the state's center, Hinds County carries two seats, Jackson, the state capital, and Raymond. Madison County shows Canton north of Jackson along the Ross Barnett Reservoir, and Rankin County lists Brandon to the east. Warren County marks Vicksburg on the river bluffs, and south of the metro, Copiah County shows Hazlehurst. East of the capital, Leake County lists Carthage, Scott County shows Forest, Simpson County marks Mendenhall, and Smith County lists Raleigh.
East of the capital region, Neshoba County lists Philadelphia, and Winston County shows Louisville. Noxubee County marks Macon near the Alabama border, and Kemper County lists De Kalb. Lauderdale County, seat Meridian, anchors the region as its largest city near the state line. Newton County shows Decatur, Clarke County lists Quitman, and Jasper County carries two seats, Bay Springs and Paulding.
South of Vicksburg, Claiborne County lists Port Gibson, and Jefferson County, one of the state's two oldest counties, marks Fayette. Adams County shows Natchez on its famous bluff above the river, and Franklin County lists Meadville near the Homochitto National Forest. Amite County marks Liberty, and Wilkinson County shows Woodville at the state's southwest corner on the Louisiana line. To the east, Lincoln County lists Brookhaven along the I-55 corridor, Pike County marks Magnolia with the larger city of McComb nearby, Walthall County shows Tylertown, and Lawrence County lists Monticello on the Pearl River.
East of Brookhaven, Covington County lists Collins, and Jefferson Davis County marks Prentiss. Jones County carries two seats, Laurel and Ellisville, and Marion County shows Columbia on the Pearl River. Lamar County lists Purvis just south of Hattiesburg, and Forrest County, seat Hattiesburg, anchors the Pine Belt as its regional hub. Perry County marks New Augusta, Wayne County lists Waynesboro, and Greene County shows Leakesville near the Alabama line.
Along the coast, Hancock County lists Bay St. Louis near the Louisiana line, and Pearl River County shows Poplarville inland along the I-59 approach to New Orleans. Stone County marks Wiggins in the pine belt behind the coast. Harrison County carries two seats, Gulfport and Biloxi, both labeled on the Mississippi Sound. George County lists Lucedale inland toward Alabama, and Jackson County, seat Pascagoula, closes out the coast at the Alabama line.
Because every county block is colored and every county seat is printed in a consistent symbol, the eye can answer everyday questions quickly: Which county is Jackson in? Hinds. Where does Gulfport sit? Harrison, on the coast. Which seat serves Ole Miss? Oxford in Lafayette. What is the seat in the far southwest corner? Woodville in Wilkinson. Where is Tupelo relative to Corinth? South across Lee from Alcorn in the northeast hills. Where is Starkville relative to Columbus? West across Oktibbeha from Lowndes. That is the power of this detailed map for both residents and visitors: counties first, with just enough network to anchor direction.
Four rivers do most of the orientation work on this page. The Mississippi River traces the entire western border past Greenville, Vicksburg, and Natchez. The Pearl River curls through the center past Jackson and down to the coast near the Louisiana line. The Yazoo River drains the Delta, formed at Greenwood and reaching the Mississippi north of Vicksburg. The Tombigbee River threads the northeast counties past Columbus toward Alabama. Keep these four in mind and any county on the map is easy to place.
Road-light orientation: The road layer here is intentionally minimal, just enough to help you place a county, not to plan a trip. I-55 runs from the Tennessee line through Hernando, Batesville, Grenada, and Jackson down to the Louisiana line at McComb. I-20 crosses Vicksburg, Jackson, and Meridian on its way east to Alabama. I-59 runs from Meridian through Laurel and Hattiesburg south to Picayune and on into Louisiana. I-10 traces the Gulf Coast from Louisiana through Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi, and Pascagoula to Alabama. None of these are meant for turn-by-turn navigation — think of them strictly as county-placement cues.
Every one of Mississippi's 82 counties and its seat, in alphabetical order: Adams County (Natchez), Alcorn County (Corinth), Amite County (Liberty), Attala County (Kosciusko), Benton County (Ashland), Bolivar County (Cleveland and Rosedale), Calhoun County (Pittsboro), Carroll County (Carrollton and Vaiden), Chickasaw County (Houston and Okolona), Choctaw County (Ackerman), Claiborne County (Port Gibson), Clarke County (Quitman), Clay County (West Point), Coahoma County (Clarksdale), Copiah County (Hazlehurst), Covington County (Collins), DeSoto County (Hernando), Forrest County (Hattiesburg), Franklin County (Meadville), George County (Lucedale), Greene County (Leakesville), Grenada County (Grenada), Hancock County (Bay St. Louis), Harrison County (Gulfport and Biloxi), Hinds County (Jackson and Raymond), Holmes County (Lexington), Humphreys County (Belzoni), Issaquena County (Mayersville), Itawamba County (Fulton), Jackson County (Pascagoula), Jasper County (Bay Springs and Paulding), Jefferson County (Fayette), Jefferson Davis County (Prentiss), Jones County (Laurel and Ellisville), Kemper County (De Kalb), Lafayette County (Oxford), Lamar County (Purvis), Lauderdale County (Meridian), Lawrence County (Monticello), Leake County (Carthage), Lee County (Tupelo), Leflore County (Greenwood), Lincoln County (Brookhaven), Lowndes County (Columbus), Madison County (Canton), Marion County (Columbia), Marshall County (Holly Springs), Monroe County (Aberdeen), Montgomery County (Winona), Neshoba County (Philadelphia), Newton County (Decatur), Noxubee County (Macon), Oktibbeha County (Starkville), Panola County (Batesville and Sardis), Pearl River County (Poplarville), Perry County (New Augusta), Pike County (Magnolia), Pontotoc County (Pontotoc), Prentiss County (Booneville), Quitman County (Marks), Rankin County (Brandon), Scott County (Forest), Sharkey County (Rolling Fork), Simpson County (Mendenhall), Smith County (Raleigh), Stone County (Wiggins), Sunflower County (Indianola), Tallahatchie County (Charleston and Sumner), Tate County (Senatobia), Tippah County (Ripley), Tishomingo County (Iuka), Tunica County (Tunica), Union County (New Albany), Walthall County (Tylertown), Warren County (Vicksburg), Washington County (Greenville), Wayne County (Waynesboro), Webster County (Walthall), Wilkinson County (Woodville), Winston County (Louisville), Yalobusha County (Water Valley and Coffeeville), and Yazoo County (Yazoo City).
Mississippi borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana across the Mississippi River to the west, with a short direct land border against Louisiana in the far south. The state holds 82 counties, ten of them, including Harrison and Hinds, split into two court districts with two county seats apiece. Yazoo County is the largest by land area at about 934 square miles, while Alcorn County is the smallest at about 401 square miles. Harrison County, home to Gulfport and Biloxi, is the most populous county at roughly 213,730 residents, and Issaquena County is both the smallest and least populous county, with roughly 1,295 residents. Adams and Jefferson counties share the title of oldest county, both organized in 1799 as the first two counties in the Mississippi Territory. Mississippi covers about 48,432 square miles in total, with roughly 46,923 square miles of land. The capital, Jackson, sits in Hinds County on the Pearl River, and the state's major metros run from the DeSoto County suburbs of Memphis through Jackson to the Gulfport-Biloxi coast. Landscape-wise, the state moves from the flat Delta farmland in the northwest through rolling north-central hills and the Black Prairie, across the Jackson Prairie at the center, into the Piney Woods, and down to the sandy Gulf Coast in the south.
Mississippi's ten largest cities by current population are Jackson (about 143,709, Hinds County), Gulfport (about 72,823, Harrison County), Southaven (about 56,851, DeSoto County), Hattiesburg (about 48,414, Forrest County), Biloxi (about 48,235, Harrison County), Olive Branch (about 47,029, DeSoto County), Tupelo (about 37,675, Lee County), Meridian (about 33,551, Lauderdale County), Pearl (about 28,117, Rankin County), and Madison (about 27,987, Madison County). Jackson anchors state government, healthcare, and higher education at the center of the map. The Gulf Coast counties of Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson run a gaming and tourism economy built on beachfront casinos, the Port of Gulfport, and Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, one of the largest shipyards in the country. DeSoto County's suburbs south of Memphis have become a logistics and distribution hub, while Madison County hosts a large Nissan vehicle assembly plant near Canton and Union County hosts a Toyota plant near Blue Springs. Agriculture still anchors the Delta counties, with catfish ponds around Humphreys and Sunflower counties, soybeans, cotton, corn, and rice across the flat bottomland, and poultry operations spread through the hill counties. Tunica County in the northern Delta runs a smaller but steady casino corridor of its own along the river north of Clarksdale.
Mississippi's cultural identity runs deep through its counties. The Mississippi Delta, especially Coahoma, Sunflower, and Leflore counties, is widely credited as the birthplace of the blues, with Clarksdale's crossroads and Indianola's B.B. King Museum anchoring the Mississippi Blues Trail. Tupelo in Lee County is the birthplace of Elvis Presley. Literary heritage runs through Oxford in Lafayette County, home to William Faulkner, and Jackson, home to Eudora Welty. Neshoba County and the city of Philadelphia carry a central place in civil rights history, alongside Hinds County's role as the seat of state government during the movement. The Gulf Coast counties of Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson blend Creole and Cajun-influenced food and music with a beach resort culture built around casinos and seafood. Higher education is spread across the state's counties too, with the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi State University in Starkville, the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Jackson State University in the capital, and Alcorn State University in Claiborne County near Lorman.
On this map, Woodall Mountain (Tishomingo County) and the Mississippi, Pearl, and Pascagoula rivers double as landmarks for finding counties quickly. For elevation, terrain, watersheds, and land-cover detail, see our Physical Map of Mississippi.
Mississippi has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild winters, and a higher hurricane and tropical storm risk along the Gulf Coast than in the interior hill counties. For a full seasonal and biome breakdown, see our Physical Map of Mississippi.
North-south travel runs mainly on I-55 (the Tennessee line through Hernando, Batesville, Grenada, and Jackson to the Louisiana line at McComb) and I-59 (Meridian through Laurel and Hattiesburg to Picayune and Louisiana). East-west travel runs on I-20 (Vicksburg to Jackson to Meridian) and I-10 along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana through Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi, and Pascagoula to Alabama, with I-22 serving the Tupelo corridor toward Memphis and Birmingham. Keep in mind that ZIP codes do not follow county lines in Mississippi, so a single ZIP code can span two counties. Always confirm the county name directly from the map or index rather than assuming it from a ZIP prefix.
Use this as a quick index. Every line lists the county with its county seat (or seats) and a short river, border, or corridor cue.
DeSoto – Hernando; Memphis suburbs on the Tennessee line.
Marshall – Holly Springs, east of DeSoto.
Benton – Ashland, on the Tennessee line.
Tate – Senatobia, between DeSoto and Panola.
Tunica – Tunica; river casino corridor.
Coahoma – Clarksdale; heart of the Delta blues.
Quitman – Marks, south of Coahoma.
Panola – Batesville and Sardis; near Sardis Lake.
Alcorn – Corinth; smallest county by area.
Tippah – Ripley, south of Benton.
Tishomingo – Iuka; far northeast corner near Pickwick Lake.
Prentiss – Booneville, between Alcorn and Union.
Union – New Albany, on the Little Tallahatchie.
Lee – Tupelo; Elvis Presley's birthplace.
Itawamba – Fulton, on the Tombigbee waterway.
Pontotoc – Pontotoc, between Tupelo and Oxford.
Lafayette – Oxford; home of Ole Miss.
Monroe – Aberdeen, on the Tombigbee River.
Lowndes – Columbus, on the Tombigbee River.
Oktibbeha – Starkville; home of Mississippi State University.
Clay – West Point, between Starkville and Columbus.
Chickasaw – Houston and Okolona.
Calhoun – Pittsboro, west of Chickasaw.
Webster – Walthall, in the hill belt.
Choctaw – Ackerman, south of Webster.
Tallahatchie – Charleston and Sumner.
Sunflower – Indianola, along the Sunflower River.
Leflore – Greenwood; Yazoo River headwaters.
Bolivar – Cleveland and Rosedale.
Washington – Greenville, on the Mississippi River.
Humphreys – Belzoni; catfish farm country.
Sharkey – Rolling Fork, on Deer Creek.
Issaquena – Mayersville; least populous county.
Yazoo – Yazoo City; largest county by area.
Grenada – Grenada, below Grenada Lake.
Yalobusha – Water Valley and Coffeeville.
Montgomery – Winona, on the central corridor.
Carroll – Carrollton and Vaiden.
Holmes – Lexington, south of Carroll.
Attala – Kosciusko, on the Natchez Trace.
Hinds – Jackson and Raymond; the state capital.
Madison – Canton, on the Ross Barnett Reservoir.
Rankin – Brandon, east of Jackson.
Warren – Vicksburg, on the river bluffs.
Copiah – Hazlehurst, south of Jackson.
Leake – Carthage, east of Madison.
Scott – Forest, on the light east-west corridor.
Simpson – Mendenhall, south of Rankin.
Smith – Raleigh, east of Simpson.
Neshoba – Philadelphia, central-east hub.
Winston – Louisville, north of Neshoba.
Noxubee – Macon, on the Alabama line.
Kemper – De Kalb, on the Alabama line.
Lauderdale – Meridian; regional hub near Alabama.
Newton – Decatur, west of Lauderdale.
Clarke – Quitman, south of Lauderdale.
Jasper – Bay Springs and Paulding.
Claiborne – Port Gibson, south of Vicksburg.
Jefferson – Fayette; tied for oldest county.
Adams – Natchez; tied for oldest county, on the river bluffs.
Franklin – Meadville, near the Homochitto National Forest.
Amite – Liberty, near the Louisiana line.
Wilkinson – Woodville; far southwest corner.
Lincoln – Brookhaven, on the I-55 corridor.
Pike – Magnolia; McComb is the larger city.
Walthall – Tylertown, east of Pike.
Lawrence – Monticello, on the Pearl River.
Covington – Collins, central Pine Belt.
Jefferson Davis – Prentiss, west of Covington.
Jones – Laurel and Ellisville.
Marion – Columbia, on the Pearl River.
Lamar – Purvis, south of Hattiesburg.
Forrest – Hattiesburg; Pine Belt regional hub.
Perry – New Augusta, on the Leaf River.
Wayne – Waynesboro, on the Chickasawhay River.
Greene – Leakesville, near the Alabama line.
Hancock – Bay St. Louis, near the Louisiana line.
Pearl River – Poplarville, on the I-59 approach to New Orleans.
Stone – Wiggins, inland pine belt.
Harrison – Gulfport and Biloxi; the coastal metro.
George – Lucedale, inland toward Alabama.
Jackson – Pascagoula; shipbuilding hub at the Alabama line.
This directory aligns with what you see on the page: every county, its seat, and a one-line locator that keeps the focus on counties rather than driving steps.
Mississippi has 82 counties and the map shows every one with a colored block and county seat.
Jackson, in Hinds County, near the center of the state on the Pearl River.
Hinds County.
Harrison County, on the Gulf Coast.
DeSoto County, in the Memphis suburbs.
From west to east: DeSoto, Marshall, Benton, Tippah, Alcorn, and Tishomingo.
From north to south: Tishomingo, Itawamba, Monroe, Lowndes, Noxubee, Kemper, Lauderdale, Clarke, Wayne, Greene, George, and Jackson.
Tunica, Coahoma, Bolivar, Washington, Issaquena, and Warren.
Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams, and Wilkinson along the river, plus Amite, Pike, Walthall, Marion, Pearl River, and Hancock along the direct land border.
Only thin cues for corridors like I-55, I-59, I-20, and I-10 to help you place counties.
Lee County, in northeast Mississippi.
Lafayette County, home to the University of Mississippi.
Oktibbeha County, home to Mississippi State University.
Lowndes County, on the Tombigbee River.
Lauderdale County, near the Alabama line.
Forrest County, with Lamar County across the Leaf River.
Biloxi is a co-seat of Harrison County; Pascagoula is the seat of Jackson County.
Warren County, on a Mississippi River bluff.
Adams County, on the Mississippi River.
Washington County, in the Delta.
Coahoma County, in the Delta.
Neshoba County.
Alcorn County, near the Tennessee line.
Bolivar, Carroll, Chickasaw, Harrison, Hinds, Jasper, Jones, Panola, Tallahatchie, and Yalobusha.
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Yazoo County, at about 934 square miles.
Alcorn County, at about 401 square miles.
Harrison County, home to Gulfport and Biloxi, with roughly 213,730 residents.
Issaquena County, with roughly 1,295 residents.
Jackson, in Hinds County, with about 143,709 residents.
Adams and Jefferson counties, both organized in 1799 as the first two counties in the Mississippi Territory.
No. ZIP codes cross county lines, so use the county boundaries and seats shown here instead.
Across Tunica, Coahoma, Bolivar, Washington, Sunflower, and Leflore counties in the northwest.
Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties along the Mississippi Sound.
Oktibbeha County, at Starkville.
Lafayette County, at Oxford.
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