Mississippi County, Missouri is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in the heart
of the Nation, 150 miles southeast of St. Louis and 150 miles north of Memphis, TN.  It is the easternmost county in the state of Missouri, and is surrounded on three sides by 95 miles of Mississippi River frontage.

Mississippi County is located at the northernmost portion of the "Mississippi Delta," and is characterized by rich topsoil, deposited over thousands of years by the rivers.  The soul has fostered and nurtured an intensive agricultural based economy that grew to prominence from the cultivation of cotton, melons, corn, soybeans and wheat.  Recent years have seen the introduction of potatoes, popcorn, tomatoes, peppers, and other variety vegetables as the agricultural industry has gradually diversified.

Center pivot irrigation systems have become common to the county, but their use has not affected that abundant supply of ground water from aquifers thousands of feet deep...aquifers that are recharged
from the Ozark hills and from the river it self.

Other related sites:

Political History of Mississippi County

MOGen Web