Mississippi Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because Mississippi political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor’s hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.
Mississippi County Formation Map
Mississippi Antique Maps & Atlases
See U.S. State & County Boundary Maps and Antique Atlases to view free map images of antique maps & atlases maps during the years 1732 to 1897 for the entire United States as well as other states and countries.
These are scanned from the original copies so you can see Mississippi and Mississippi counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Mississippi maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Mississippi.
- 1776 Course Of The River Mississipi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres Map
- 1804 Mississippi Map
- 1814 Map of Mississippi Territory
- 1822 Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Map Of Mississippi
- 1827 Map of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama
- 1836 Atlas Map Of Mississippi With Its Roads & Distances
- 1845 Mississippi Map
- 1856 Mississippi Map
- 1866 Sketch of the Public Surveys in the State of Mississippi -
- 1880 County map of the states of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
Mississippi County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps
The Mississippi Department of Transportation is pleased to provide highly detailed county maps online. These maps contain more detailed information about man-made features than the geological survey maps. In addition to roads and boundaries, these maps include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.
To View the Map: Just click the Image to view the map online. In order to make the Image size as small as possible they were save on the lowest resolution.
Mississippi Map Description & Links
- Mississippi Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.org)
- Mississippi Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers (ancestry.com) Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor’s hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.
- Mississippi Maps (lib.utexas.edu) The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Historical Maps of Mississippi (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- Mississippi Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Mississippi USGenWeb Archives Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.org)
- Mississippi Map Books (amazon.com)
