Blog · October 13, 2026 · Mississippi
Simpson County GIS Map (Mississippi)
A practical guide to the Simpson County GIS map: the official link, towns and land across the county, property lines, and where deeds are recorded.
Main page: Simpson County, MS GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Simpson County facts and neighboring maps).
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Land questions in Simpson County start in the same place: the official parcel map. Here's how to use the Simpson County GIS map to find owners, acreage and boundary lines, and where it falls short.
Read on for the official viewer, a short orientation from Mendenhall out to Pinola, and the land-record steps that back up what you see on screen.
Towns, terrain and land across Simpson County
Besides Mendenhall, which serves as the county seat, the map covers Magee, D'Lo, and Braxton. The county dates to 1824, named for Josiah Simpson, and older deeds may still refer to landmarks from that era. For scale: roughly 589 square miles of land and an estimated 25,715 residents as of 2023, per the Census Bureau. It is a rural county: tight town lots in Mendenhall, then fields, woods and small acreage splits along the back roads.
The Simpson County economy in brief
In the 2022 County Business Patterns data, Simpson County had 439 establishments; retail trade, other services, and health care and social assistance led the count. The local economy leans harder than average on utilities and repair and maintenance. Keep that in mind when you compare parcels in Simpson County: who works here shapes what land sells.
Finding a parcel in Simpson County
Open the Simpson County parcel viewer, the map the county itself publishes for Magee and the rest of Simpson County. For land around Braxton with no street number, zoom to the road and click the tract to open its record. The same link lives on our Simpson County county page, along with links for the surrounding area.
Vacant land and acreage on the Simpson County GIS map
A practical way to find vacant parcels near Braxton:
- Start on the outskirts of Mendenhall, where empty lots are easy to spot between the houses on the aerial layer.
- For each tract near D'Lo, note the parcel ID, the owner and where the tax bill is mailed.
- Make sure the parcel near Braxton actually touches a public road, and ask how it's reached if it doesn't.
- Compare land values on similar Simpson County tracts to see whether an asking price is in the ballpark.
- Rural lots near Pinola may need a septic permit and a well, so ask before you commit.
Before you buy near Braxton, read how to tell if land is buildable.
Who uses the Simpson County parcel map
A lot of different people around Magee rely on this map. Land shoppers looking between Mendenhall and Braxton measure road frontage on the map and check whether a tract is landlocked. Raw-land buyers scan Simpson County imagery for empty tracts and check the owner records behind them. A builder sizing up an infill lot near Mendenhall can check its width, depth and road frontage in a couple of minutes. For a hunter with permission on one farm near Braxton, the parcel map shows exactly where that permission stops.
How to find property lines in Simpson County
Lines on the map show roughly where one parcel near Braxton ends and the next begins; the exact spot is a surveyor's call. Mississippi uses the Public Land Survey System, so rural deeds in Simpson County often describe land by section, township and range, and you can match the call to the grid on the map. For rural ground near Pinola, a recorded survey or a new one is the only reliable source for the true line.
Behind the map: land records in Simpson County
For land near D'Lo, the chancery clerk holds the recorded documents, and the parcel map reflects them once they're processed for taxes. Mississippi puts land records with the chancery clerk, so that office in Simpson County is where to request deeds and plats. Copy the parcel ID and legal description before you call or visit; recording staff can find a Simpson County document much faster with them.
Neighboring counties
A farm that runs from Simpson County into Covington County will have separate parcel records on each side; the other neighbors are Copiah County, Hinds County, Jefferson Davis County, and Lawrence County. Neighboring maps for Simpson County are a click away on our Mississippi page.
Simpson County parcel map FAQ
What is the county seat of Simpson County?
Mendenhall is the county seat.
Can I find the owner of a vacant lot in Simpson County?
For land near Mendenhall with no street address, pan to it on the map and click it; the record names the owner.
Does Simpson County have a plat book?
Whether a current printed edition exists for Simpson County varies; the free online map covering Mendenhall and the rest of the county is the dependable option.
How can I see my lot lines in Simpson County?
Pull up the tract on the Simpson County map, copy its legal description, and compare it with the deed. Exact corners take a surveyor.
Open the official Simpson County, MS parcel map Simpson 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.