Blog · October 14, 2026 · Mississippi
The Leake County Plat Book and the online parcel map
A printed atlas and the county viewer each have a place near Walnut Grove.
Main page: Leake County, MS GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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Want a copy of the Leake County plat book? It's a printed atlas of landownership, usually by township, and it's handy for land around Coosa. In this county guide: how the atlas is organized, where to find editions, and how the county viewer fills the gaps around Bolatusha.
The Leake County plat book: start here
If you're looking near Standing Pine, a plat book is a privately published atlas, that map ownership across the countryside, page by page across the county.
Getting to the right map
Go first to the Leake County ArcGIS parcel map; it covers each tax parcel from Lena to Walnut Grove. For land near Sebastopol, type a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, then pick the result to center the map on it. For a tract near Redwater, copy the parcel ID before closing the panel; each office in the county will want it.
A quick look at the area
Carthage holds the county offices, where most land records are kept. Other places on the map include Lena, Sebastopol, Walnut Grove, and Redwater, each with its own cluster of lots. Around 21,258 people call Leake County home (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) spread over some 583 square miles. The county was organized in 1833, which matters when you trace an old farm's title around Bolatusha.
Getting answers from the right desk
Anything recorded against property around Lena come from the Chancery Clerk, sometimes only in person. Questions about what you can build around Edinburg are for the local planning and health departments, town or county, depending on location.
Limits of the parcel data
Acreage on the record is an assessed number; only a licensed surveyor sets the real corners on land around Coosa. For a tract near Edinburg, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month can take weeks to appear.
Reading the legal description
Mississippi is laid out under the Public Land Survey System, so rural legal descriptions near Walnut Grove cite section, township and range. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, and a township holds 36 of them, though sections near Walnut Grove can be irregular. Keep the legal description for land near Carthage before you request a deed or survey.
The paper trail behind a parcel
For acreage around Redwater, the map is an index, not the title: recorded deeds, plats and easements for parcels in the county sit with the Chancery Clerk. For land near Lena, bring the document number shown in the record panel to skip a name search.
Field tips
The parcel map usually runs in a mobile browser, useful out on a road near Standing Pine, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A saved image of the lot near Sebastopol and its lines helps when you meet an owner or agent.
Buying or borrowing a copy
Not every county has a current edition, try the county extension office, recorder's office or library near Carthage.
Common uses
Buyers and seed dealers around Standing Pine rely on them for a big-picture view of who owns what.
Next door to Leake County
Leake County meets Attala County, Madison County, Neshoba County, Newton County, and Scott County, and each of those keeps its own parcel map. Acreage along the edge near Lena may show up across two assessors' files, so check the neighboring map before you assume the acreage. For acreage around Bolatusha, our state page links each bordering county map for Mississippi.
Using the parcel viewer instead
For current names, use the Leake County ArcGIS parcel map, including rural land around Carthage.
Atlas or legal document
Around Redwater, a plat book is not a recorded plat: the recorded plat at the Chancery Clerk is a legal document, while the atlas is a reference.
A homemade atlas
Print parcel views near Redwater township by township to build your own up-to-date atlas.
Questions about the Leake County plat book
Is a plat book the same as a recorded plat for land near Walnut Grove?
For land near Edinburg, recorded plats are legal documents at the Chancery Clerk, and plat books are references; use a surveyor for lines.
Is the online parcel map better than a plat book near Carthage?
Usually, the Leake County ArcGIS parcel map is free and updated more often; a printed atlas is still handy offline.
Why does the plat book differ from the deed near Carthage?
Good question; atlas drawings near Lena are simplified; they're good for orientation.
Who sells plat books near Walnut Grove?
For a tract near Redwater, it depends on whether a publisher has a current edition.
What is a parcel ID near Redwater?
It's the number the County Tax Assessor uses to track a tract near Redwater; you'll see it in the viewer and on tax statements.
Open the official Leake County, MS parcel map See it in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.