Blog · October 13, 2026 · Mississippi
Prentiss County, Mississippi: Parcel Map Guide
A practical guide to the Prentiss County parcel map: the official link, towns and land across the county, property lines, and where deeds are recorded.
Main page: Prentiss County, MS GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Prentiss County facts and neighboring maps).
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From the lots in Booneville to the back roads near Wheeler, the Prentiss County parcel map shows who owns what and roughly where the lines fall.
The lay of the land in Prentiss County
Baldwyn, Jumpertown, and Marietta fill out the town list, and Booneville is where the county seat sits. The map also labels unincorporated places, New Site, Wheeler, and Altitude among them. The county was organized in 1870 and named for Seargent Smith Prentiss, so some tracts carry a long chain of deeds. Census Bureau estimates show 25,135 residents in 2023 and around 415 square miles of land in the county. Between Booneville and Marietta the map alternates between platted subdivisions and open farm or wooded tracts.
Work and land use in Prentiss County
Federal business data for 2022 shows 489 establishments in the county, with retail trade, other services, and construction at the top of the list. What stands out is forestry and logging, plastics and rubber products manufacturing, and utilities: those sectors make up a much larger slice of local businesses than they do nationally. That points to working timberland, so check whether a wooded parcel in Prentiss County has been cut recently or is enrolled in a forestry program. If you're comparing land near Booneville with land near Marietta, the local job base is part of the price story.
Where to find the official Prentiss County parcel map
Open the statewide MARIS Mississippi Statewide Parcels map viewer and zoom toward Marietta; Prentiss County's parcels are part of that layer. Zoom until the lot lines show up around Baldwyn, then click; the pop-up gives the parcel ID, owner and acreage. Bookmark the Platbookmapper page for Prentiss County too; we update it when the official map moves.
Finding vacant land and acreage in Prentiss County
A practical way to find vacant parcels near Baldwyn:
- Start on the outskirts of Booneville, where empty lots are easy to spot between the houses on the aerial layer.
- Check who owns each open tract near Booneville and where the tax bill goes.
- Compare the record's land value against similar parcels on the same road out of Baldwyn.
- Make sure the parcel near Baldwyn actually touches a public road, and ask how it's reached if it doesn't.
- Check the flood layer and ask about septic and permits; open land in Prentiss County isn't automatically buildable.
Before you buy near Baldwyn, read how to tell if land is buildable.
Who needs this map
The same map serves very different jobs around Booneville.
- If you're after rural acreage near Marietta, the map shows which tracts are big enough and which ones border paved roads or water.
- Vacant-lot hunters working the edges of Marietta look for parcels with no structures and owners who live out of the area.
- For a hunter with permission on one farm near Baldwyn, the parcel map shows exactly where that permission stops.
How accurate are Prentiss County, MS property lines?
Parcel boundaries on the Prentiss County viewer are drawn to keep tax accounts straight, so small offsets from the true line are expected. Square-ish tracts around Booneville are no accident: Mississippi land was surveyed into sections, and deeds still describe land that way. A survey is the only document that settles where a Prentiss County boundary actually runs.
Where Prentiss County deeds and plats are kept
The paper trail for a tract near Marietta lives with the chancery clerk; the map itself is an assessment product. Mississippi puts land records with the chancery clerk, so that office in Prentiss County is where to request deeds and plats. Easements and rights-of-way are usually in recorded documents, not on the parcel map, so read the deed itself for a tract near Wheeler.
Near the county line
Looking at land between Marietta and the Alcorn County line? Remember that Alcorn County, Itawamba County, Lee County, Tippah County, and Tishomingo County each keep separate parcel records. The Mississippi county list links every neighboring map from Prentiss County.
Common questions
Where do property lines run on a Prentiss County, MS lot?
The MARIS Mississippi Statewide Parcels map viewer gets you to the parcel; the recorded plat or deed gives the dimensions; a licensed surveyor marks the corners.
Where are land records kept in Prentiss County?
In Prentiss County, the chancery clerk keeps the recorded deeds and plats.
Where can I get a Prentiss County plat book?
Whether a current printed edition exists for Prentiss County varies; the free online map covering Booneville and the rest of the county is the dependable option.
Does Prentiss County charge for its property map?
Anyone can browse the Prentiss County parcels at no charge, from lots in Baldwyn to rural tracts near Wheeler.
How can I tell who owns land near Booneville?
Click the parcel. Prentiss County tax records show the owner of record and usually a mailing address, which may differ from the property address.
Open the official Prentiss County, MS parcel map Prentiss 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.