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1860 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in Mississippi:

Adams Issaquena Oktibbeha
Amite Itawamba Panola
Attala Jackson Perry
Bolivar Jasper Pike
Calhoun Jefferson Pontotoc
Carroll Jones Rankin
Chickasaw Kemper Scott
Choctaw Lafayette Simpson
Claiborne Lauderdale Smith
Clarke Lawrence Tallahatchie
Coahoma Leake Tippah
Copiah Lowndes Tishomingo
Covington Madison Tunica
Desoto Marion Warren
Franklin Marshall Wayne
Greene Monroe Wilkinson
Harrison Neshoba Winston
Hinds Newton Yalobusha
Holmes Noxubee Yazoo

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.