1885 State of Mississippi - Itawamba County

1 1885 State of MississippiCities, Towns, Villages and Post OfficesObtained from an original 1885 editionof Cram's Unrivaled Family Atlas of the WorldIncluding Background Information about the 1885 Counties of Mississippiabstracted, edited and compiled by Bob Franks Adams CountyHutchinsKienstra's StoreCounty InformationKingstonCounty Seat: NatchezLoch LevenNamed for President John AdamsNatchezFormed: 1817 StantonParent Territory of Current County : Created as a MississippiWashingtonTerritory County 1799 and was part of the old Natchez DistrictYeagersCounties formed from portions of County : Franklin, WilkinsonAlcorn CountyAntiochBurrowCounty InformationCorinthCounty Seat: CorinthDanvilleNamed for Governor James L. AlcornEagleFormed: 1870 GiftParent Territory of Current County : Created from Tishomingo andHightownTippah countiesHinkleKossuthParmitchieRienziThe oWenasogaAmite CountyBates MillCentrevilleCounty InformationDickeyCounty Seat: LibertyGillsburghNamed for the Indian word which means friendly river GlosterFormed: 1817 JacksonwoodParent Territory of Current County : Created as a Mississippi Territory countyKahnville1809 from Wilkinson CountyLibertyCounties formed from portions of County : Greene, LincolnMerwinAmite County ContinuedOlioO'Neal'sRose HillZion HillAttala CountyBarksdaleCentreCounty InformationChitaCounty Seat: KosciuskoEthelNamed for Indian heroine AttalaHestervilleFormed: 1833 IrvingvilleParent Territory of Current County : Created from Indian lands by the 1830 KosciuskoChoctaw Treaty of Dancing Rabbit CreekMcCoolNewportNewtonvilleSallisWamba WellsBenton CountyAshlandAusterlitzCounty InformationBlack JackCounty Seat.

2 AshlandCanaanNamed for Samuel Benton, a general in the Confederate armyHickory FlatFormed: 1870 LamarParent Territory of Current County : Created 1870 from Marshall and TippahMichigan CitycountiesPine GroveSalemTacaleecheYellow RabbitBolivar CountyAllen's LandingAustraliaCounty InformationBeulahCounty Seats: Cleveland and RosedaleBolivarNamed for Simon Bolivar, South American HeroCarson's LandingFormed: 1836 Catfish PointParent Territory of Current County : Created from Indian lands by the 1830 ConcordiaChoctaw Treaty of Dancing Rabbit CreekDennis LandingCounties formed from portions of County : SunflowerEaston's LandingEgypt RidgeGladstoneLake BeulahMound LandingNeblett's LandingPrentissBolivar County ContinuedPrides PointRaggio's LandingRivertonRosedaleStormvilleSunrise TalledoraTerreneVictoriaWaxhaw LandingCalhoun CountyBannerBenelaCounty InformationBentleyCounty Seat: PittsboroBig CreekNamed for John C. Calhoun, Vice-President of the United StatesCherry HillFormed: 1852 Cole's CreekParent Territory of Current County : Created from Yalobusha, LafayetteCotton Valleyand Chickasaw countiesElzyErinHopewellLoydMatthewsMone yPittsboroReidSabougiaSareptaSlate SpringsSuggWilliamsvilleCarroll CountyBlack HawkBlackmontonCounty InformationBrockCounty Seats: Carrollton and VaidenCarrolltonNamed for Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of IndependenceHemingwayFormed: 1833 MoneyParent Territory of Current County : Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Seven PinesChoctaw Treaty of Dancing Rabbit CreekSmith's MillsCounties formed from portions of County : Grenada, LefloreTeocVaidenValley HillChickasaw CountyAtlantaBuena VistaChickasaw County ContinuedEgyptHoulkaCounty InformationHoustonCounty Seats: Houston and OkolonaMcCondyNamed for the Chickasaw Indian word meaning rebellion NealsFormed: 1836 OkolonaParent Territory of Current County .

3 Created from Indian lands by the 1832 SonoraChickasaw Treat of PontotocSpartaCounties formed from portions of County : Calhoun, Clay, WebsterWoodlandChoctaw CountyAckermanBankstonCounty InformationBywyCounty Seat: AckermanChesterNamed for Choctaw Indian word meaning separation ClarkFormed: 1833 DidoParent Territory of Current County : Created from Indian lands by the 1830 FentressChoctaw Treating of Dancing Rabbit CreekFrench CampsCounties formed from portions of County : Grenada, WebsterLa GrangeNew ProspectPintospayWeirWilcoxClaiborne CountyBruinCarlisleCounty InformationGrand GulfCounty Seat: Port GibsonHermanvilleNamed for William Claiborne, Governor of Mississippi TerritoryInglesideFormed: 1817 JeffersonvilleParent Territory of Current County : Created as a Mississippi Territory CountyMartinin 1802 from Jefferson CountyuMcCalebMontpelierNelson's StoreOakland CollegePettis StorePort GibsonRocky SpringsSt. ElmoTillman's StationClarke CountyBarnettDesotoCounty InformationEnergyCounty Seat: QuitmanEnterpriseNamed for Judge Joshua Clarke, first Chancellor of the State ofClarke County ContinuedMississippiGoodwaterFormed: 1833 QuitmanParent Territory of Current County : Created from Indian lands by the 1830 ShubutaChoctaw Treaty of Dancing Rabbit CreekClay CountyAbbotBarrsCounty InformationBelleCounty Seat: West PointBig SpringsNamed for Henry Clay, Kentucky statesmanCairoFormed: 1871 as Colfax County , name changed to Clay in 1876 Cedar BluffParent Territory of Current County : Created from Chickasaw, Lowndes,HenryvilleMonroe and Oktibbeha countiesPine BluffRobertsonSiloamTampicoTibbeeVintonW averlyWest PointCoahoma CountyBridgeportClarksdaleCounty InformationClover HillCounty Seat: ClarkesdaleDeltaNamed for Indian word meaning red panther DublinFormed: 1836 Friar's PointParent Territory of Current County .

4 Created from Indian lands by the 1832 GlendaleChickasaw Treaty of PontotocHulbertonJonestownLulaMadocMalon e's LandingPrairievillePushmatahaShuffordsvi lleSunflower LandingYazoo PassCopiah CountyBear CreekBowertonCounty InformationBurtontonCounty Seat: HazlehurstCarpenterNamed for Indian word meaning calling panther Crystal SpringsFormed: 1823 GallmanParent Territory of Current County : Created from Hinds CountyGeorgetownCounties formed from portions of County : LincolnHazelhurstCopiah County ContinuedHigdonLindenMartinsvillePine RidgeRockportWessonWest HazelhurstCovington CountyJaynesvilleMount CarmelCounty InformationMount OliveCounty Seat: CollinsOakohayNamed for General Leonard Covington, killed in the War of 1812 ReddochFormed: 1819 RichmondParent Territory of Current County : Created from Lawrence and WayneSanteecountiesStation CreekCounties formed from portions of County : JonesWheelervilleWilkesburghWilliamburgh Desoto CountyBaloilCockrumCounty InformationDaysCounty Seat: HernandoDesoto FrontNamed for Hernando DeSoto, discoverer of the Mississippi RiverEudoraFormed: 1836 HernandoParent Territory of Current County : Created from Indian lands by the 1832 Horn LakeChickasaw Treaty of PontotocIngram's MillsCounties formed from portions of County : TateLewisburghLove's StationNesbittNorfolkOlivePleasant HillPlum PointPoplar CornerFranklin CountyBunckleyKibbevilleCounty InformationKnoxvilleCounty Seat: MeadvilleLittle SpringsNamed for Benjamin Franklin, colonial statesman and philosopherMcCall's CreekFormed: 1817 MeadvilleParent Territory of Current County : Created from Adams County 1809 as aMorgan's ForkMississippi Territory countyTurner'sCounties formed from portions of County : GreeneVetoGreene CountyAvaraBuck CreekCounty InformationCoatsvilleCounty Seat.

5 LeakesvilleCross RoadsNamed for General Nathaniel Greene, Revolutionary War heroLeafFormed: 1817 LeakesvilleParent Territory of Current County : Created 1811 as a Mississippi TerritoryPine Ridgecounty from Amite, Franklin and Wayne countiesState LineCounties formed from portions of County : GeorgeVernalGrenada CountyBowersElliottCounty InformationGraysportCounty Seat: GrenadaGrenadaNamed for city of Grenada, SpainHardy StationFormed: 1870 JunctionParent Territory of Current County : Created from Carroll, Yalobusha,MistertonMontgomery, Tallahatchie, Webster and Choctaw countiesProvidenceReddingTatumTuscahomaY eagersvilleHancock CountyBay St. LouisDerbyCounty InformationGainesvilleCounty Seat: Bay St. LouisHabolochittaNamed for John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of IndependenceJourdan RiverFormed: 1817 Juniper GroveParent Territory of Current County : Created 1812 as part of the MobileLogtownDistrict of the Mississippi TerritoryNicholsonCounties formed from portions of County : HarrisonricevilleToulinePearlingtonHarri son CountyAlreyBeauvoirCounty InformationBiloxiCounty Seats: Gulfport and BiloxiDe LisleNamed for William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the CreekFormed: 1841 HandsboroParent Territory of Current County : Created from Hancock and JacksonLong BeachcountiesMississippi CityCounties formed from portions of County : StonePass ChristianRamseyHarrison County ContinuedStonewallWillow SpringsHinds CountyAdam's StationAuburnCounty InformationBolton's DepotCounty Seats: Jackson and RaymondBrownsvilleNamed for General Thomas Hinds, hero of the Battle of New OrleansByramFormed: 1821 CayugaParent Territory of Current County .

6 Created from Indian lands from theChapel Hill1820 Choctaw CessionClintonCounties formed from portions of County : Copiah, Rankin, YazooDry GoodsEdwardsJacksonLearnedMidwayNevadaNe wmanOakleyPocahontasRaymondSmith's StationTerryTougalooUticaHolmes CountyBowling GreenChew's LandingCounty InformationCoxburghCounty Seat: LexingtonDurantNamed for David Holmes, last Governor of the Mississippi TerritoryEbenezerFormed: 1833 EmoryParent Territory of Current County : Created from Yazoo CountyFranklinCounties formed from portions of County : HumphreysGoodmanGray's MillKosciusko JunctionLexingtonMarcellaMarksvilleMcGee 's Pickens StationQuofolomaRichlandTchulaThorntonWe stIssaquena CountyArcadiaBen LomondCounty InformationChotardCounty Seat: MayersvilleDeer CreekNamed for Indian word meaning deer river DuncansbyFormed: 1844 Duvall's landingParent Territory of Current County : Created from Washington CountyHays' LandingCounties formed from portions of County : SharkeyMayersvilleShiplandSkipwith's LandingTallulahItawamba CountyAbneyBallardsvilleCounty InformationBigby ForkCounty Seat: FultonBolandsNamed for the Indian Chief Itawamba (Levi Colbert)CardsvilleFormed: 1836 EastmanParent Territory of Current County : Created from Indian lands by the 1832 FultonChickasaw Treaty of PontotocMantachieCounties formed from portions of County : Lee, Prentiss, TishomingoMistonPleasant RidgeRara AvisSevierTildenTremontYoconyJackson CountyAmericusBluff CreekCounty InformationFairleyCounty Seat: PascagoulaFort BayouNamed for General Andrew JacksonGibbsParent Territory of Current County : Formed: 1812 from the Mobile DistrictMoss Pointof the Mississippi TerritoryOcean SpringsCounties formed from portions of County : George, HarrisonOrange GrovePascagoulaSaracenaScrantonThree RiversVancleaveWest PascagoulaJasper CountyClaiborneCresswellDavisvilleJasper County ContinuedGarlandvilleCounty InformationHamletCounty Seats.

7 Bay Springs and PauldingHeidelbergNamed for Sergeant Jasper, hero of the Revolutionary WarJewell's HillFormed: 1833 Lake ComoParent Territory of Current County : Created from Jones and Wayne GroveTurnervilleTwistwoodVosburghJeffers on CountyCannonsburghChurch HillCounty InformationFayetteCounty Seat: FayetteGum RidgeNamed for Thomas JeffersonLeeFormed: 1799 (first called Pickering)Lowenburg's StationParent Territory of Current County : Created from the Natchez District of theMylesMississippi TerritoryPerthCounties formed from portions of County : ClaiborneRed LickRodneyStoningtonUnion ChurchJones CountyBethelCurtisCounty InformationEllisvilleCounty Seats: Laurel and EllisvilleEllisville DepotNamed for John Paul Jones, Naval hero of the Revolutionary WarErataFormed: 1826 EstabutchieParent Territory of Current County : Created from Covington and WayneGeorge's CampcountiesKnight's MillsCounties formed from portions of County : JasperLarrelMicoMosellePinnellvilleSande rsvilleKemper CountyBig OakBinnsvilleCalvertsDe KalbKemper County ContinuedFort StephensCounty InformationHerbertCounty Seat: DekalbJacksonvilleNamed for Reuben Kemper, who led a company of men from theKellis StoreMississippi Territory against Spanish Mobile in 1811 KempertonFormed: 1833 MoscowParent Territory of Current County : Created from Indian lands by the 1830 Mount NeboChoctaw Treaty of Dancing Rabbit CreekNarkeetaOak GrovePea RidgePedenPinderPrinceRioScoobaSpinksSuc arnooheeWahalakLafayette CountyAbbevilleCaswellCounty InformationCollege HillCounty Seat: OxfordDallasNamed for General Marquis de LafayetteDe LayFormed: 1836 DenmarkParent Territory of Current County : Created from Indian lands by the 1832 HarmontownChickasaw Treaty of PontotocHolderCounties formed from portions of County .

8 CalhounLafayette SpringsLiberty HillMaple SpringsOrwoodOxfordSpring DaleTaylorWaltonWelcomtonLauderdale CountyBaileyDalevilleCounty InformationHurricaneCounty Seat: MeridianKewaneeNamed for Colonel James Lauderdale, who was killed in the Battle ofLauderdale StationNew OrleansLochkhartFormed: 1833 Marion StationParent Territory of Current County : Created from Indian lands by the 1830 MeridianChoctaw Treaty of Dancing Rabbit CreekRushing's StoreToomsubaLauderdale County ContinuedWhynotLawrence CountyBlountvilleGrangeCounty InformationGwinvilleCounty Seat: MonticelloHebronNamed for Captain James Lawrence, hero of the War of 1812 HookerFormed: 1817 MonticelloParent Territory of Current County : Created 1814 as a County of theOak ValeMississippi Territory from Marion CountySilver CreekCounties formed from portions of County : Covington, LincolnTryusLeake CountyCarthageConwayCounty InformationCoosaCounty Seat: CarthageEdinburghNamed for Walter Leake, third governor of MississippiEstesmillFormed: 1833 Good HopeParent Territory of Current County : Created from Indian lands by the 1830 High HillChoctaw Treaty of Dancing Rabbit CreekLenaMaddenOfahomaSt.

9 AnnsThomastownTuscolaWalnut GroveYorkaLee CountyBaldwynBethenyCounty InformationBirminghamCounty Seat: TupeloChestervilleNamed for Robert E. Lee, General of the ConfederacyConnewarFormed: 1866 CorronaParent Territory of Current County : Created from Itawamba and PontotocEurekacountiesGuntownMacedoniaMo orevillerichmondSaltilloShannonTupeloVer onaLeflore CountyEmmavilleLeflore County ContinuedFort LoriCounty InformationGreenwoodCounty Seat: GreenwoodItta BendNamed for Greenwood Leflore, chief of the Choctaw IndiansMayfield PlantationFormed: 1871 McNuttParent Territory of Current County : Created from Carroll, Sunflower andMinter CityTallahatchie countiesRoebuckShell MoundSheppardtownSiberiaSidonStonewallSu nnysideLincoln CountyBogue ChittoBrookhavenCounty InformationCaseyvilleCounty Seat: BrookhavenErwinvilleNamed for Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United StatesFair RiverFormed: 1870 MontgomeryParent Territory of Current County : Created from Franklin, Lawrence,Copiah, Pike and Amite CountiesLowndes CountyArtesiaCaledoniaCounty InformationCobb SwitchCounty Seat.

10 ColumbusColumbusNamed for William Lowndes, noted