Hinds County, Mississippi, USA

Hinds County lies in Mississippi, linking established communities with the surrounding rural and suburban landscape. Jackson and Raymond are county seats in a central Mississippi county crossed by the Pearl River and anchored by the state capital. Indigenous history, agriculture, railroads and the civil rights era are central to its story, and later roads broadened the community’s ties to the region. Government, education, health care, manufacturing and regional commerce support the economy. Local traditions and access to the outdoors add another dimension to life in Hinds County.