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Mardi Gras 2006
celebration after Katrina
New Orleans, Louisiana
 
                    

Thank you for visiting my page about Mississippi. The South is well known for its hospitality, so come on in, sit down on the porch and let's spend some time together.

Mississippi US map

The great seal of The  

Mississippi

The great seal of The
State of Mississippi

Magnolia grandiflora Spicebush Swallowtail (Battus philenor)

Magnolia grandiflora
State flower

 Spicebush Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
State insect

 Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

 Mississippi county map

 Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
State bird

 Mississippi county map
Map of Jackson, Mississippi

 Mississippi swamps

Pearl river

 Through the swamps

 Pearl river

Pearl river

 Saint Patrick's Day Parade

Pearl river

Saint Patrick's Day Parade,
click here to see the pictures

The name Mississippi, which means "great river," comes from either Ojibwe, a Native American language spoken around the river's headwaters, or some other closely related Algonquian language. Nicknames for Mississippi are the Magnolia State and the Hospitality State.

Mississippi is bordered on the north by the state of Tennessee; on the east by Alabama, on the south by Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico; and on the west by Louisiana and Arkansas (across the Mississippi River).

Major rivers include Mississippi River, Big Black River, Pearl River, Yazoo River, Pascagoula River, and Tombigbee River. Major lakes include Ross Barnett Reservoir, Arkabutla Lake, Sardis Lake, and Grenada Lake.

The highest point in Mississippi, part of the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains is Woodall Mountain. Hardly a mountain, Woodall Mountain is only 806 feet (246 m) above sea level. The lowest point is along the shore at the Gulf of Mexico; sea level. The Mean Elevation is 300 feet (91 m) above sea level.

Most of Mississippi is part of the East Gulf Coastal Plain, and the rest of the state is made up of a section of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. The East Gulf Coastal Plain is generally composed of low hills, such as the Pine Hills in the south and the North Central Hills. Somewhat higher elevations are in the Pontotoc Ridge and the Fall Line Hills in the northeast. Yellow-brown loess soil is in the west, and a region of fertile black earth, part of the Black Belt, is in the northeast. The coastline, which includes large bays at Bay Saint Louis, Biloxi, and Pascagoula, is separated from the Gulf of Mexico proper by the shallow Mississippi Sound, which is partially enclosed by Petit Bois, Horn, Ship, and Cat islands. The Mississippi Alluvial Plain, known also as the Mississippi Delta, is narrow in the south and widens north of Vicksburg. The region has rich soil, partly made up of silt deposited by floodwaters of the Mississippi River.

Mississippi City Rankings (U.S. Census Bureau estimates as of 2005)


1. Jackson, Mississippi (177,977)
2. Gulfport, Mississippi (72,464)
3. Biloxi, Mississippi (50,209)
4. Hattiesburg, Mississippi (47,176)
5. Southaven, Mississippi (38,840)
6. Greenville, Mississippi (38,724)
7. Meridian, Mississippi (38,605)
8. Tupelo, Mississippi (35,673)
9. Olive Branch, Mississippi(27,964)
10. Clinton, Mississippi (26,017)

Mississippi State flag
Civil rights sculpture © Dr. Gloria  M. Norris Yoyita
Freedom Summer 1964  Sculpture
 
 

Mississippi State flag
Mississippian's Pledge to the flag:

I salute the flag of Mississippi and the sovereign state for which it stands with pride in her history and achievements and with confidence in her future under the guidance of Almighty God

This sculpture is dedicated to the Civil Rights movement and the three
victims in Mississippi, James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman,
and Michael Schwerner. I wanted to portray them for what they lived for, the civil rights that we all have.

 
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Eudora Welty

Ross Barnett reservoir © Yoyita

Eudora Welty

Ross Barnett reservoir
Jackson, MS, USA

See the paintings of Mississippi and The South

Hurrican Katrina, Jackson Mississippi 2005

Barnett Reservoir dam
Barnett Reservoir dam
Jackson MS dam
Measuring the wind Wind
Preparing for a hurricane

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State of Mississippi
Regions | Larger Cities | Smaller Cities | Governors | Lieutenant Governors | Legislature | State Parks | Music | History |

Capital: Jackson
Regions: The Delta - Golden Triangle - Gulf Coast - Jackson Metro - Memphis Metro - Natchez District - Pine Belt
Larger cities: Biloxi - Clinton - Columbus - Greenville - Gulfport - Hattiesburg - Jackson - Meridian - Pascagoula - Southaven - Tupelo - Vicksburg
Smaller cities: Brandon - Brookhaven - Canton - Clarksdale - Cleveland - Corinth - Gautier - Greenwood - Grenada - Horn Lake - Indianola - Laurel - Long Beach - Madison - McComb - Moss Point - Natchez - Ocean Springs - Olive Branch - Oxford - Pearl - Picayune - Ridgeland - Starkville - West Hattiesburg (Oak Grove) - West Point - Yazoo City
Counties:

Adams - Alcorn - Amite - Attala - Benton - Bolivar - Calhoun - Carroll - Chickasaw - Choctaw - Claiborne - Clarke - Clay - Coahoma - Copiah - Covington - DeSoto - Forrest - Franklin - George - Greene - Grenada - Hancock - Harrison - Hinds - Holmes - Humphreys - Issaquena - Itawamba - Jackson - Jasper - Jefferson - Jefferson Davis - Jones - Kemper - Lafayette - Lamar - Lauderdale - Lawrence - Leake - Lee - Leflore - Lincoln - Lowndes - Madison - Marion - Marshall - Monroe - Montgomery - Neshoba - Newton - Noxubee - Oktibbeha - Panola - Pearl River - Perry - Pike - Pontotoc - Prentiss - Quitman - Rankin - Scott - Sharkey - Simpson - Smith - Stone - Sunflower - Tallahatchie - Tate - Tippah - Tishomingo - Tunica - Union - Walthall - Warren - Washington - Wayne - Webster - Wilkinson - Winston - Yalobusha - Yazoo

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