County Basics
Mississippi has this many counties.
What is 82?
This line marks where one county ends and another begins.
What is Boundary?
This town is the county seat of Jefferson Davis County.
What is Prentiss?
This official leads county law enforcement.
What is sheriff?
This term means government serving a county, city, or community.
What is Local government?
This term means the town or city where county government is centered.
What is county seat?
This part of a map explains its colors and symbols.
What is Map Key?
Name one county that borders Jefferson Davis County.
What is Simpson, Covington, Lamar, Marion, or Lawrence?
This official collects county taxes.
What is Tax collector?
An incorporated city or town with its own government is called this.
What is Municipality
True or false: A county seat must be the county’s largest city.
What is false?
Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties border this body of water.
What is Gulf of Mexico?
Jefferson Davis County is generally in this part of Mississippi.
What is Southern MS?
This official determines the value of taxable property.
What is Tax assessor?
This word means legally organized as a city or town.
What is incorporated?
This is a division of a state used for local government.
What is County?
Name one Mississippi county that touches the Mississippi River.
What is Mississippi River county, such as Washington or Bolivar?
Name one community in Jefferson Davis County besides Prentiss.
What is Bassfield; accept another verified community?
This official maintains circuit court records and assists with elections.
What is circuit clerk?
An area outside an incorporated city’s legal limits is described by this word.
What is unincorporated?
A county may contain cities as well as areas outside city limits. Name those two types of areas.
What is Municipalities and unincorporated areas?
Name two of Mississippi’s three Gulf Coast counties.
What is Any two: Hancock, Harrison, Jackson?
Name two counties that border Jefferson Davis County.
What is Any two: Simpson, Covington, Lamar, Marion, Lawrence?
This official maintains land records and works with the board and chancery court.
What is chancery clerk?
This elected group manages county business, budgets, roads, and services.
What is board of supervisors?
Explain why Mississippi divides the state into counties.
What is to make government and services accessible in local areas; accept a clear equivalent explanation?
A student uses surrounding counties to describe where Jefferson Davis County is located. What map skill are they using?
What is Describing relative location?
Name three counties that border Jefferson Davis County.
What is Any three bordering counties. Such as Simpson, Covington, Lamar, Marion, Lawrence County?
A family needs a copy of a land record. Which official’s office should they contact?
What is chancery clerk?
The county needs to approve a road budget. Which group makes that decision?
What is board of supervisors?
Give two services a county government may provide.
What is any two accurate services, such as roads, courts, law enforcement, records, elections, or tax services?
Name all three Mississippi counties on the Gulf Coast.
What is Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson?
Name all five counties that border Jefferson Davis County.
What is Simpson, Covington, Lamar, Marion, and Lawrence?
A property owner disputes the value assigned to their property. Which official handles property valuation, and which official collects the tax?
what is tax assessor determines value; tax collector collects taxes?
Explain one difference between a county and a municipality.
A county includes municipalities and unincorporated areas; a municipality is an incorporated city or town with its own government