Mississippi River Map and State Photo Gallery
Mississippi River Map
Shown Above: A Mississippi River Map
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top 10 facts about mississippi
- Mississippi's official state flower is the Magnolia.
- Mississippi's official state tree is also the Magnolia.
- Mississippi 's official state bird is the Mockingbird.
- Mississippi is home to 17 Universities and many fine colleges.
- America's first Parent Teachers Association (PTA) was formed in Mississippi.
- Mississippi is divided into three geographical regions: North, Central, and Southern.
- Jackson and Gulfport are the only two cities in Mississippi with a population of more than 50,000 people. That's why there's a joke that goes like this: "What are the 3 largest cities in Mississippi?" Answer: Birmingham, Mobile, and Montgomery. Alabamans find this joke hilarious. Mississipeans, not so much.
- The five largest cities in Mississippi (by population size) are Jackson, Gulfport, Southaven, Hattiesburg and Biloxi, in that order.
- A full Mississippi River Map shows the river bordering nine U.S. states.
- The state of Mississippi has 22 State Parks.
Above: The glitzy town of Gulfport.
Photo: dnasoa.com
Mississippi State Parks
Here is an alphabetical list of all 22 state parks in Mississippi:
- Buccaneer State Park
- Carver Point State Park
- Clarkco State Park
- Cossar State Park
- Golden Memorial State Park
- Gulf Marine State Park
- Holmes County State Park
- Hugh White State Park
- J P Coleman State Park
- John W Kyle State Park
- Lake Lowndes State Park
- Leroy Percy State Park
- Nanih Waya State Park
- Natchez State Park
- Paul B Johnson State Park
- Percy Quin State Park
- Roosevelt State Park
- Shepard State Park
- Tishomingo State Park
- Tombigbee State Park
- Wall Doxey State Park
- Winterville State Park
Below: A vintage canon eyes the setting sun at Vicksburg National Military Park.
Photo credit: seancrane.com
Universities in Mississippi
- Alcorn State University (alcorn.edu)
- Belhaven University (bellhaven.edu)
- Blue Mountain College (bmc.edu)
- Delta State University
- Jackson State University
- Millsaps College
- Mississippi College
- Mississippi State University
- Mississippi University for Women
- Mississippi Valley State University
- Reformed Theological Seminary
- Rust College
- Tougaloo College
- University of Mississippi
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- University of Southern Mississippi
- William Carey University
Above: Storm clouds loom like tomorrow's midterm exam over the University of Southern Mississippi.
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mississippitokorea/5955947323/
Above: A farmhouse in rural Mississippi.
Photo: ceddoberkeley.edu
Above: Mississippi's upscale waterfront Ridgeland neighborhood.
Photo: livability.com
Above: The sleepy little town of Picayune.
Photo: city-data.com
Above: The architecturally significant Forest County Courthouse in Hattiesburg.
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/3126244833/
Above: A tiny house in Starkville.
Photo: http://thearchitecturalist.tumblr.com/page/6
Above: The little house in Tupelo where Elvis Presley was born.
Photo: get-packin.com
Above: Sunset over Biloxi.
photo: http://nikonites.com/attachments/landscape/13259-sundown-biloxi-ms-dsc_8890.jpg
useful links
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Go here for a complete list of Universities and PhD Programs in Mississippi and other U.S. states, plus Washington DC.
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