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Capital & Central

State collections, craft traditions and courthouse streets introduce three central Mississippi bases.

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Old Mississippi State Capitol in JacksonCanton, Mississippi

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Capital & Central, a little closer.

State collections, craft traditions and courthouse streets introduce three central Mississippi bases. Choose a local day and allow for traffic between cities.

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Highlighted counties locate these featured towns. These six WTDO discovery areas are editorial groupings. Markers indicate approximate town centers, not entrances or driving routes. Select a town to open its guide. County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.

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County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, Mississippi FIPS 28, all 82 counties. Simplified for display. Town markers show approximate centers, not attraction entrances or driving routes. These six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings, not Mississippi’s official tourism regions. Featured places are starting points, not an exhaustive inventory.

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