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Simpson County, Mississippi, USAi
Regional Level Types
Simpson CountyCounty
MississippiState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Magee4,368 (2017)
Mendenhall2,488 (2017)
D'Lo447 (2017)
Braxton181 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
389263
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:389263:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
English:
Simpson County
French:
comté de Simpson, Mississippi, États-Unis
German:
Simpson County, Mississippi, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Simpson, Mississippi, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Симпсон, Миссисипи, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
辛普森縣, 密西西比州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Simpson, Misisipi, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Simpson County, Mississippi, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة سيمبسون, مسيسيبي, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Սիմպսոն շրջան, Միսսիսիպի, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Simpson konderria (Mississippi), Mississippi
Bavarian:
Simpson County, Mississippi, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
সিম্পসন কাউন্টি, মিসিসিপি, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Симпсън, Мисисипи, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Simpson County, Mississippi
Chechen:
Симпсон (гуо, Миссисипи), Миссисипи, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Danish:
Simpson County, Mississippi, USA
Dutch:
Simpson County, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten
Estonian:
Simpsoni maakond, Mississippi osariik, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان سیمپسون، میسیسیپی, میسیسیپی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
სიმფსონის ოლქი, მისისიპის შტატი, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Simpson megye, Mississippi, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Simpson, Mississippi, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Japanese:
シンプソン郡, ミシシッピ州, アメリカ合衆国
Korean:
심슨군 (미시시피주), 미시시피주, 미국
Latin:
Simpson Comitatus, Mississippia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Simpson County, Mississippi, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Simpson Gông, Mississippi
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Simpson Kūn
Polish:
Hrabstwo Simpson, Missisipi, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Simpson, Mississippi, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Simpson, Mississippi, Mississippi, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Simpson, Mississippi, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Simpson County, Mississippi, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Симпсон, Мисисипи, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Simpson County, Mississippi, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Simpson County, Mississippi, USA
Tatar:
Симпсон (округ, Миссисипи), Миссисипи, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Turkish:
Simpson, Mississippi, Mississippi, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Сімпсон, Міссісіпі, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
سمپسن کاؤنٹی، مسیسپی, مسیسپی, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Simpson, Mississippi, Mississippi, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Simpson, Mississippi, Estados Unidos
Welsh:
Simpson County, Mississippi, Unol Daleithiau America
Western Punjabi:
سمپسن کاؤنٹی،مسسسپی, مسسسپی, امریکہ


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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed28.4 Ma (Oligocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed33.9 Ma (Oligocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Vicksburg133.9 - 23.03 Ma (Cenozoic)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Portunus vicksburgensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Portunidae : Portunus : Portunus vicksburgensis33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson_County,_Mississippi
Wikidata ID:Q490488
GeoNames ID:4446158


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