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Earliest Map of Mississippi Published in the United States
On December 20, 1817, Mississippi became the twentieth state admitted to the Union. Prior to 1817, the area was known as the Mississippi Territory. This map, one of the earliest maps to show the state of Mississippi and the Alabama Territory, was prepared for Mathew Carey's 1817 General Atlas. The map depicts early counties and parishes in the south (Baldwin, Washington, Green, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Amite, Wilkinson, Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Claiborne, and Warren), as well as towns, forts, roads, Indian villages, and "Halfway Houses." |