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1948 postage stamp depicting the Mississippi Territory. The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act passed by both upper and lower chambers (the Senate and House of Representatives) of the Congress of the United States, meeting at the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill, in the federal national capital city ...
The Mississippi Territory was organized on April 7, 1798, from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina to the United States. Their original colonial charters theoretically extended west to the Pacific Ocean. The Mississippi Territory was later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain.
The U.S. state of Mississippi has 82 counties. The first two counties, Adams County and Pickering County (renamed Jefferson County later), were established in 1799 in the Mississippi Territory. [1] 14 counties, all in the southwest, were created before the Mississippi Territory became a state in 1817. [1]
On December 10, 1817, that western portion of the Mississippi Territory became the State of Mississippi, the 20th state of the federal Union, in an organic act passed by both upper and lower legislative chambers (the Senate and the House of Representatives) of the Congress of the United States meeting at the United States Capitol on Capitol ...
In 1816, the Gaines Trace and the Tombigbee River were the boundaries between United States and Chickasaw territory in Mississippi. [1] A portion of the road appeared on an 1831 map of Mississippi that illustrated the "Gaines Road" extending from Russellville, Alabama to Cotton Gin Port. [2]
On June 4, 1800, the Tombigbee District became the central core of the newly created Washington County, Mississippi Territory. Washington County's original boundaries stretched 300 miles (480 km) east to west and 88 miles (142 km) north to south.
From 1789 to 1817, the Mississippi Territory was represented in Congress by a non-voting delegate. Since becoming a state on December 10, 1817, Mississippi has sent between one and eight representatives to Congress.
An enlargeable map of the state of Mississippi. Names Common name: Mississippi. Pronunciation: / ˌ m ɪ s ɪ ˈ s ɪ p i / ⓘ Official name: State of Mississippi; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: MS; ISO 3166-2 code: US-MS; Internet second-level domain: .ms.us; Nicknames Hospitality State (previously used on license plates ...
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