Blog · October 14, 2026 · Mississippi
Southaven Plat Map, Mississippi: plats and lots
Lots in Southaven trace back to recorded plats filed with the county.
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If a legal description for land in Southaven cites a lot number, the Southaven plat map is where those numbers come from. Covered here for Southaven: where plats are filed, plat versus tax map, and the details that matter to buyers.
Tracking down the Southaven plat map
The Chancery Clerk files approved subdivision plats, usually in a plat book or cabinet.
Pulling up a parcel
Property in and around Walls can be looked up on the DeSoto County ArcGIS parcel map, free to use and open without a login. If you only know roughly where the land is, pan along Interstate 269 and click the parcel itself. With a lot near Hernando, the record panel typically gives the owner of record, acreage on the tax roll, a parcel ID and sometimes recent sales.
City limits and county records
Southaven is part of DeSoto County, Mississippi, so its parcels are on the county's map. For a home near Hernando, city or town hall handles matters such as zoning, permits and utilities inside its limits, while the county keeps the tax map. Land beyond the town limits toward Walls often falls under county rules rather than the town's.
Backing up the map with records
The map is an index, not the title: deeds, subdivision plats and easements for parcels in the county sit with the Chancery Clerk. Long-held tracts around Walls may trace back through many deeds, and a title company is worth hiring on a real sale.
How a plat differs from the tax map
The tax map on the DeSoto County ArcGIS parcel map is a summary, while the recorded plat is the legal document.
Lots, blocks and easements
Recorded easements around Olive Branch limit where you can build or fence; check the plat notes and any covenants.
Replats and vacations
An amended plat may change lots around Walls, search the index for replats of the same subdivision; street vacations near Olive Branch show up in the records too.
Getting a copy
The Chancery Clerk may have searchable images, while others require a visit or a request; small fees are common.
Using it on a phone
Most viewers work in a phone browser, useful out on a road near Hernando, though signal can drop in rural spots. A printout of the tract near Walls is a good backup.
Land outside a subdivision
Rural land near Olive Branch that was never subdivided may have no plat at all; look for a recorded survey for land near Hernando.
Reading the legal description
Mississippi uses the Public Land Survey System, so deeds around Horn Lake reference sections and townships. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township, though corrections make some sections near Olive Branch odd-sized. Copy the legal description from the record for the parcel near Olive Branch when you talk to a surveyor.
Next door to DeSoto County
DeSoto County touches Crittenden County, AR, Marshall County, Tate County, Tunica County, and Shelby County, TN, all with their own assessor records. A tract near the line by Horn Lake can be split across two assessors' files, so open the adjacent map before you assume the acreage. For a parcel near Olive Branch, our state page lists every bordering county map for Mississippi.
Getting your bearings
Hernando serves as the county seat, home to the main records offices. You'll also find Horn Lake, Olive Branch, and Walls, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Around 193,247 people call DeSoto County home (Census estimate, 2023) on about 476 square miles. DeSoto County was organized in 1836, which matters when you trace an old farm's title.
Which office to call
Deeds, mortgages and recorded plats for land near Walls come from the Chancery Clerk, often with an online index. Zoning, permits and septic questions near Walls are for the local planning and health departments, and the answer depends on jurisdiction.
Limits of the parcel data
Acreage on the record is an assessed number; just a licensed surveyor can set the real corners for a parcel near Horn Lake. In and around Horn Lake, records update in batches, so a deed recorded last month might lag behind.
Frequently asked
What is a lot and block description for land near Olive Branch?
For most people, it points to a spot on the plat for that subdivision near Walls, so pull that plat for dimensions.
Are old plats online around Walls?
For most people, the Chancery Clerk can say what's available, including older subdivisions.
How is a plat different from the parcel map near Horn Lake?
If the land is near Hernando, a recorded plat is based on a survey, but the GIS map is not; trust the plat when they differ.
How do I get a copy of a plat in Southaven?
Good question; the Chancery Clerk keeps recorded plats.
What's a legal description for land near Walls?
If you're looking near Horn Lake, deeds use lot and block, metes and bounds or survey descriptions; copy it for any survey or title request.
Open the official DeSoto 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.