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Mississippi // Jackson, MS // Southern Region // Central Time
(The Magnolia State)
Territory established[1]: April 7, 1798
Statehood granted: December 10, 1817 // 20th state
Secession from Union: January 9, 1861
Confederacy joined: February 4, 1861
Civil War: April 12, 1861 - May 9, 1865
Readmitted to Congress: February 23, 1870
End of Reconstruction: January 4, 1876
[1] The territory was created from
the northern part of West Florida ceded by Spain on October 27, 1795,
the unorganized land ceded by the State of Georgia on March 27, 1804,
and the Mobile District, a part of Spanish West Florida,
annexed by the US federal government on May 12, 1812

#4300 // August 6, 2009
(self-adhesive coil definitive)
Flags of Our Nation Series
Mississippi State Flag
black bears in wooded area
#1976 // April 14, 1982
(ex pane of 50 different stamps)
State Bird & Flower of
Mississippi
Mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottus)
and Magnolia
#1652 // February 23, 1976
(ex pane of 50 different stamps)
American Bicentennial Series
Mississippi State Flag

#955 // April 7, 1948 // Natchez, MS
Mississippi Territory
Sesquicentennial

Map and Seal of Mississippi Territory,
Winthrope Sargent (* 1753, † 1820),
first Governor (in office 1798 - 1801) 		#1337 // December 11 1967 // Natchez, MS
Mississippi Statehood
Sesquicentennial

State Flower Mangolia

150th Anniversary of Mississippi Statehood
Firstday Cover
FDI cancellation on plate# block of 4 of #1337
NATCHEZ, MS DEC. 11 1967 3912
Cachet:
Old State Capitol Building, Jackson, MS
(built 1833/1840 in Greek Revival architectural style,
in use 1839 - 1903, present-day State Historical Museum);
Portrait of David Holmes (* 1769, † 1832), first and fifth Governor,
in office Dec. 10, 1817 - Jan. 5, 1820 and Jan. 7, 1826 - July 25, 1826;
Magnolia, state flower

#2731 // June 16, 1993 // Cleveland, OH
(ex booklet, horizontally perforated 11)
Legends of American Music Series
Elvis Aaron Presley
(* 1935, Tupelo, Lee County, MS
† 1977, Memphis, Shelby County, TN),
Rock `n´ Roll Singer

Portrait of the
most world-renowned and still popular
Rock `n´ Roll legend

#3584 // April 4, 2002
(ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state)
Greetings from Mississippi

Illustration of contemporary postcard
in the style of the 1930s/1940s

View Mississippi state quarter
View Mississippi state map
View Mississippi clock


The origin of the state name and the name of the river is based on the
Anishinaabe (Odawa, Ojibwe or Algonquin) Indian name for the river,
"Misi-ziibi", meaning "Great River".
Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Lee County, MS on January 8, 1935.
Find out more facts & trivia
Land Area
rounded mi2 [km2]
46,907 [121.489]
ranked 31st 		Population
(census 2010)
2,967,297
ranked 31st 		Population Density
per mi2 [km2] of land area
63 [24]
ranked 33rd
The State of Mississippi has 82 counties.


        

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