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Mississippi Real Estate
A state of the southeast United
States. It was admitted as the 20th state in 1817. The first settlers
in the region (1699) were French, and the area became part of
Louisiana. It passed to the British (1763-1779) and then to the
Spanish before being ceded to the United States in 1783. The
Mississippi Territory, organized in 1798 and enlarged in 1804 and
1813, also included the present state of Alabama. Jackson is the
capital and the largest city. Population: 2,586,443.
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