Place details
Place nameMississippi
Other namesMS
CountryUnited States
Latitude83
Longitude-90
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inhabited by Chickasaws, Choctaws & Natchez when Spanish & French arrived 16th-17th cen.; went to England after French & Indian War in 1763, but occupied by Spain in American Revolution; was slave state, suffered much damage in Civil War.