"The Mississippi Delta begins in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis and ends in Vicksburg on Catfish Row"

So wrote Delta native David Cohn, and he certainly defined the geographic and cultural extremes of the Mississippi Delta.

Our enabling legislation defines the Delta a bit differently:

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the State the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area.

(2) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall include all counties in the State that contain land located in the alluvial floodplain of the Mississippi Delta, including Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Desoto, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Panola, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica, Warren, Washington, and Yazoo Counties in the State, as depicted on the map.

This MAP shows the location of the MDNHA and identifies the five supervisor districts that are represented on the Board of the Heritage Area Partnership. 

Another map of the State of Mississippi shows the extent of the flood plain of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers.  This topographic map is sold by Raven Maps.  The Mississippi Delta is the greenish lens-shaped region in the northwest corner of the state. 

Finally, this interactive map is located on the website of the Mississippi Delta Tourism Association.