Blog · October 13, 2026 · Mississippi
Perry County GIS Map: Parcels, Owners and Property Lines
Open the official Perry County parcel viewer, find an owner or a vacant tract, and learn which land records back up what the map shows.
Main page: Perry County, MS GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Perry County facts and neighboring maps).
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The Perry County GIS map is a public tool, and for anyone shopping, building or hunting near New Augusta, it's the fastest way to put an owner's name on a piece of ground.
We'll start with the official link, then cover Richton and the other towns, land types, property lines and records.
Finding a parcel in Perry County
Open the statewide MARIS Mississippi Statewide Parcels map viewer and zoom toward Richton; Perry County's parcels are part of that layer. Rural tracts in Perry County often have no street address, so try an owner search or simply pan to the area and click. The same link lives on our Perry County county page, along with links for the surrounding area.
Who uses the Perry County parcel map
Here's who tends to use it in Perry County. Turkey hunters near Beaumont use the map in spring to confirm which fields their permission actually covers. Small-farm and homestead buyers looking around Janice compare tract sizes and shapes on the map before calling a listing agent. Heirs sorting out family land near Beaumont use the record to confirm acreage and the legal description. If a listing in Richton says the yard backs up to open land, the map shows who owns that land.
The lay of the land in Perry County
Parcel searches in Perry County tend to center on New Augusta, the county seat, plus Beaumont and Richton. Perry County was created in 1820 and takes its name from Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry County covers about 647 square miles of land; its 2023 population estimate from the Census Bureau was 11,315. Zoom out from Richton and the lots turn into fields and timber quickly; a few acreage homesites break up the larger tracts. On the parcel layer, De Soto National Forest and Black Creek Wilderness show up as public ground, and the private tracts along their edges are worth checking line by line.
The Perry County economy in brief
Census business counts for 2022 list 140 establishments in Perry County; retail trade tops the list, with health care and social assistance and other services close behind. Measured against national shares, forestry and logging, wood product manufacturing, and utilities are overrepresented in Perry County. If you're looking at wooded acreage near Beaumont, compare recent aerials; logging can change a tract quickly. If you're comparing land near Richton with land near Beaumont, the local job base is part of the price story.
Private and public hunting ground in Perry County
The woods between New Augusta and Janice can look like one block from the road, but the parcel layer often shows several owners. Hunters headed to De Soto National Forest and Black Creek Wilderness should check where the public boundary ends; the tracts beyond it are private. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks handles licenses, seasons and public-land maps for Perry County. A landowner near Janice is more likely to say yes to a hunter who names the exact parcel and offers a phone number.
How accurate are Perry County, MS property lines?
Lines on the map show roughly where one parcel near Beaumont ends and the next begins; the exact spot is a surveyor's call. Square-ish tracts around New Augusta are no accident: Mississippi land was surveyed into sections, and deeds still describe land that way. For a fence, an addition or a dispute in Perry County, budget for a licensed survey; it's the answer a court or a lender will accept.
Vacant land and acreage on the Perry County GIS map
A practical way to find vacant parcels near Beaumont:
- Zoom out over the countryside around Beaumont with the aerial layer on, and look for parcels with no structures.
- Open the record for each empty tract near Beaumont and note whether the owner's mailing address is outside Perry County.
- Check that the tract touches a public road; a landlocked lot near Beaumont can be hard to finance and build on.
- Size up price by comparing a few similar tracts around Beaumont on the assessment records.
- For a tract near New Augusta, confirm zoning, septic suitability and flood status before you make an offer.
Behind the map: land records in Perry County
For land near New Augusta, the chancery clerk holds the recorded documents, and the parcel map reflects them once they're processed for taxes. In Perry County, the chancery clerk is the custodian of land records, from deeds and deeds of trust to plats and liens. If the Perry County parcel record shows an instrument number, that number is the shortcut to the recorded deed.
Nearby parcel maps
A farm that runs from Perry County into George County will have separate parcel records on each side; the other neighbors are Forrest County, Greene County, Jones County, and Stone County. All of them are listed on our Mississippi page.
Frequently asked questions
How can I see my lot lines in Perry County?
Pull up the tract on the Perry County map, copy its legal description, and compare it with the deed. Exact corners take a surveyor.
Can hunters use the Perry County, Mississippi parcel map to find landowners?
The map tells you who owns the woods near Janice; the owner decides whether you can hunt there.
What is the county seat of Perry County?
Perry County's county seat is New Augusta.
Can I find the owner of a vacant lot in Perry County?
Look up the address in Beaumont, or click the tract. Owner names on the Perry County map come from recorded deeds.
Open the official Perry County, MS parcel map Perry County 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.