The State of Mississippi is located in the northeast part of the former U.S. state of Mississippi. Its capital is Corinth. Other major towns include Tupelo and Oxford, home of the University of Mississippi. The 2011 population estimate was 210,000. It was a founding state of the post-Doomsday revival of the Confederate States of America in 1985 and remained part of the country until it and the other two remaining members voted to secede in July 1999.