Local Historical Societies

This list of Mississippi Historical societies was developed based on information from current memberships, past correspondence, and internet research. If information is not correct or you have another society to add please email mhs@mdah.ms.gov.

Alcorn County Genealogical Society
PO Box 35
Corinth, MS 38835
Web:  www.avsia.com/acgs/ 

Amite County Historical and Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 2
Liberty, MS 39645
Web: https://amitecohistory.org/

Attala Historical Society
P. O. Box 127
Kosciusko, MS 39090
Web: https://kapartnership.org/business/attala-historical-society/

Biloxi Historical Society
P.O. Box 617
Ocean Springs, MS 39566
Email: bellanderay@gmail.com
Web: http://biloxihistoricalsociety.org/

Bolivar County Historical Society
Web:  https://bolivarcohs.wordpress.com/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bolivar-County-Historical-Society/144108572328794

Brice’s Crossroads Museum Commission
607 Grisham Street
Baldwyn, MS 38824
Email: msfinalstands@gmail.com
Web: www.nps.gov/brcr/index.htm

Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 114
Pittsboro, MS 38951
Web: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mscalhou/NewsletterIndex.html

Canton-Madison County Historical Society
P. O. Box 232
Canton, MS 39046
Email: cmchistoricalsociety@gmail.com
Web: https://www.cantonhistoricalsociety.com/

Carroll Society for the Preservation of Antiquities
PO Box 541
Carrollton, MS 38917

Chickasaw County Historical Society
P. O. Box 427
Houston, MS 38851
Web: www.chickasawcountyhistorical.com/

Choctaw County Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 1382
Ackerman , MS 39735

Claiborne-Jefferson County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1017
Port Gibson, MS 39150

Clay County Historical and Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 1849
West Point, MS 39773
Web: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msccgs/

Clinton Genealogical & Historical Society
709 Tanglewood Drive
Clinton, MS 39056

Preservation Society of Columbus
PO Box 373
Columbus, MS
Email: preservecolumbus@gmail.com 

Copiah County Historical and Genealogical Society
PO Box 111
Crystal Springs, MS  39059
Email: CCHGSinfo@gmail.com

Covington County Historical & Genealogical Society
PO Box 381
Collins, MS 39428
Email: danmullins29@yahoo.com
Web: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msccghs/

Dancing Rabbit Genealogical and Historical Society
P.O. Box 166
Carthage, MS 39051
Email: societydrgh22@gmail.com
Web: www.drghs.org/

Desoto County Museum
71 East Commerce Street
Hernando, MS 38632
Email: DesotoCountyMuseum@gmail.com
Web: www.desotomuseum.org/

D'Iberville Historical Society
P.O. Box 7676
D'Iberville, MS 39540

Family Research Association of Mississippi, Inc.
P. O. Box 13334
Jackson, MS 39236
Email: wwoodward44@hotmail.com

Flora Area Historical Society
P.O. Box 348
Flora, MS 39071

Friends of Raymond, Inc.
P.O. Box 1000
Raymond, MS 39154
Email: friendsofraymond@outlook.com
Web: www.friendsofraymond.org/

Genealogical Society of Desoto County
P.O. Box 607
Hernando, MS 38632
Email: desotocogensoc@gmail.com
Web: http://msgw.org/desoto/gsdcm.htm

Granly Danish Historical Foundation, Inc.
6301 Country Lane
Moss Point, MS 39562
Email: elsejensine@bellsouth.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Granly-Danish-Historic-Foundation-Inc/394427797284301

Hancock County Historical Society
P.O. Box 3356
Bay Saint Louis, MS 39521
Email: hancockcountyhis@bellsouth.net
Web: www.hancockcountyhistoricalsociety.com

Hattiesburg Area Historical Society
P. O. Box 1573
Hattiesburg, MS 39403
Email: hahsmuseum@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.hahsmuseum.org/

Historic Clarke County, Inc.
P. O. Box 563
Quitman, MS 39355
Email: historicclarkecountyms@gmail.com

Historic Natchez Foundation
P. O. Box 1761
Natchez, MS 39121
Email: hnf@natchez.org
Web: www.natchez.org

The Historical Society of Gulfport
PO Box 662
Gulfport, MS 39502
Email: gulfporthistory@gmail.com
Web: www.historicalsocietyofgulfport.org

Itawamba Historical Society
P. O. Box 7
Mantachie, MS 38855
Web: www.itawambahistory.org/

Jackson County Historical and Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 984
Pascagoula , MS 39568

Jones County Genealogical & Historical Organization
P.O. Box 2644
Laurel, MS 39442-2644
Email: jcgho1@yahoo.com
Web: https://www.jonescogenealogy.org/

Kemper County Historical Association
P. O. Box 216
DeKalb, MS 39328

Lafayette County Historical and Genealogical Society
PO Box 1382
Oxford, MS 38655
Web: https://www.lafayettegenealogy.org/LCHG%20Society%20Home.html
Email: mhipp3489@gmail.com

Lauderdale County Department of Archives & History
P. O. Box 5511
Meridian, MS 39302
Email: archives@lauderdalecounty.org
Web: www.lauderdalecountymsarchives.org/

Lawrence County Historical Society
534 E. Broad Street
Monticello, MS  39654
Email: dswballard@gmail.com

Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society
227 South Church Street
Brookhaven, MS 39602
Email: history39601@gmail.com

Long Beach Historical Society
P. O. Box 244
Long Beach, MS 39560
Email: history@lbhistoricalsociety.com
Web: http://www.lbhistoricalsociety.com

Marion County Historical Society
200 Second Street, Suite 3
Columbia, MS 39429
Email: marioncountyhist@yahoo.com
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/marioncountyms.history

Marshall County Historical Society
P.O. Box 806
Holly Springs, MS 38635
Email: marshallcomuseum@bellsouth.net 
Web: www.marshallcountymuseum.com/

Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission
Mississippi College Library
P.O. Box 4024
Clinton, MS 39058
Web:  http://mc.libguides.com/mbhc

Mississippi Coast Historical & Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 513
Biloxi, MS 39533

Mississippi Cultural Crossroads
507 Market Street
Port Gibson, MS 39150
Web: www.msculturalcrossroads.org

Mississippi Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 5301
Jackson, MS 39296
Web: https://www.msgensociety.org/

Mississippi Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
529 Pawnee Trail
Madison, MS 39110
Website: https://www.msssar.org/

Monroe County Historical Society
931 W. Commerce St.
Aberdeen, MS 39730
Web: http://monroe.msghn.org/

Museum of the Mississippi Delta
1608 Hwy. 82 W.
Greenwood, MS 38930
Email: info@deltamuseum.net
Web: https://museumofthemississippidelta.com/

Natchez Historical Society
P. O. Box 49
Natchez, MS 39121
Email: info@natchezhistoricalsociety.org
Web: www.natchezhistoricalsociety.org

Neshoba County Historical Museum
303 Water Ave
Philadelphia, MS 39350-2621

Newton County Historical & Genealogical Society
17222 Hwy. 503
Decatur, MS 39327
Email: necohigeso@gmail.com
Web: www.nchgs.org

Newton Historical Cultural Commission, Inc.
P.O. Box 523
Newton, MS 39345

Noxubee County Historical Society
P. O. Box 892
Macon, MS 39341
Email: admin@NoxubeeHistory.org
Web: www.rootsweb.com/~msnoxube/society.htm

Ocean Springs Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1765
Ocean Springs, MS 39566-1765
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OceanSpringsGenealogicalSociety
Web: http://osgsms.org/

Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum
206 Fellowship Street
Starkville, MS 39759
Email: aarondk1967@gmail.com
Web: https://www.oktibbehaheritagemuseum.com/

Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundation
701 E. Jackson Avenue
Oxford , MS 38655
Web: https://www.burns-belfry.com/our_history.php

Panola County Historical & Genealogical Society
P. O. Drawer 1586
Batesville, MS 38606
Email: tetoney@gmail.com
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Panola-County-Historical-and-Genealogical-Society-PAN-GENS/153228684819130

Pass Christian Historical Society
P.O. Box 58
Pass Christian, MS 39571
Web: http://passhistory.org/

Pearl River County Historical Society
PO Box 966
Picayune, MS 39466
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pearl-River-County-Historical-Society/252734885344?sk=info&tab=overview

Pike County Historical Society
290 East Laurel Street
Magnolia, MS 39562

Pontotoc County Historical Society
P.O. Box 141
Pontotoc, MS 38863
Email: townsquaremuseum1@currently.com
Web:  http://msgw.org/pontotoc/

Pontotoc County Pioneers
207 North Main Street
Pontotoc, MS 38863

Prentiss County Genealogical & Historical Society
P.O. Box 491
Booneville, MS 38829
Web: www.rootsweb.com/~mspcgs/Index.html

Rankin County Historical Society
P.O. Box 841
Brandon, MS 39043
Email: rchsinc@aol.com
Web: www.rankinhistory.com

Scott County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 128
Forest, MS 39074
Web: http://msgw.org/scott/scgs.html

Simpson County Historical & Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 154
Mendenhall, MS 39114-0154

Smith County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 356
Raleigh, MS 39153
Web: http://smithcountygenealogy.org/

South Mississippi Genealogical & Historical Society
P.O. Box 15271
Hattiesburg , MS 39404-5271
Web: http://smsghs.tripod.com/

South Tishomingo County Historical Society 
P.O. Box 1206
Belmont, MS 38827
Web: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historicsouthtish/

Southwest Mississippi Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 175
McComb, MS 39649
Web:  http://swmgs.com/

Summit Historical Society
P.O. Box 177
Summit, MS  39666
Web:  www.summithistory.com/

Sunflower County Historical Society
c/o Sunflower County Library
201 Cypress Drive
Indianola, MS 38751
Web: www.rootsweb.com/~mssunflo/historic.htm

Tate County Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 974
Senatobia, MS 38668
Email: tatehistory@hotmail.com
Web: http://msgw.org/tate/gensoc.html

Tippah County Historical & Genealogical Society
308 North Commerce Street
Ripley, MS 38663
Email: tippahmuseum@dixie-net.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tippah-County-Historical-Genealogical-Society/465421343577485
Web: http://tippahcountyhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/

Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society 
P. O. Box 273
Iuka, MS 38852
Email: tchgs.director@gmail.com
Web: http://www.courthousemuseum.com/

Tunica Museum
P.O. Box 1914
Tunica, MS 38676
Email: drdick@tunicamuseum.com

Union County Historical Society
P. O. Box 657
New Albany, MS 38652
Email: jill@ucheritagemuseum.com
Web: www.ucheritagemuseum.com

Utica Heritage Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 129
Utica, MS 39175
Email: UticaMShistory@aol.com, landinmc@aol.com

Vicksburg and Warren County Historical Society
1008 Cherry Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183
Email: societyhistorica@bellsouth.net
Web: www.oldcourthouse.org

Vicksburg Campaign Trail Inc.
1022 Northpointe Drive
Jackson, MS 39211
Email: llscales@netdoor.com

Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation
1107 Washington Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183
Email: vburgfoundation@aol.com
Web: www.preservevicksburg.org

Vicksburg Genealogical Society, Inc.
129 Hoxie Road
Vicksburg, MS 39180

Walthall County Historical Society
408 Broad Street
Tylertown, MS 39667

Washington County Historical Society
166 Nowell Road
Greenville, MS 38703

Wayne County Genealogy Organization
712 Wayne Street
Waynesboro, MS 39367
Web: www.wwcls.lib.ms.us/genealogy/

Webster County Historical Society
Web:  http://msgw.org/webster/

West Chickasaw County Genealogy & Historical Society
P.O. Box 42
Houston, MS 38851

Winston County Genealogical & Historical Society
P.O. Box 428
Louisville, MS 39339
Web: http://winston.msghn.org/

Woodville Civic Club, Inc.
P. O. Box 1055
Woodville, MS 39669
Web: woodville4.tripod.com/museum.htm

Yalobusha County Historical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 258
Coffeeville, MS 38922
Email: mkworsham@hotmail.com

Yazoo Historical Society
P. O. Box 575
Yazoo City, MS 39194
Web: http://visityazoo.org/sam-olden-historical-museum/