Blog · October 14, 2026 · Mississippi
Shopping for Yalobusha County Land for Sale
Listings show the price; public records show the rest for land near Holly Springs National Forest.
Main page: Yalobusha County, MS GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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Shopping for acreage near Coffeeville? Before you call on Yalobusha County land for sale, the official map and county records can save you a bad buy. What this Yalobusha County guide covers: finding vacant parcels, checking access and acreage, flood and zoning checks, and documents to order before you offer.
Researching Yalobusha County land for sale
Look on the MARIS Mississippi Statewide Parcels map viewer for parcels with no improvements, which helps when scanning around Tillatoba.
Pulling up a parcel
Begin with the MARIS Mississippi Statewide Parcels map viewer; it maps each tax parcel from Scobey to Holly Springs National Forest. For acreage around Water Valley, enter a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, then pick the result to center the map on it. Around Oakland, write down the parcel ID before closing the panel; each records desk in the county will want it.
Mineral and timber rights
In some areas, mineral or timber rights near Scobey can be sold separately, which a title search can uncover.
A site visit checklist
Visit the tract near Tillatoba at different times, and check cell signal and internet options; the map won't tell you that.
Access, acreage and lines
Confirm the parcel touches a public road or has a recorded easement, because landlocked ground near Water Valley is hard to use and finance.
Ground conditions
Check the tract near Scobey on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center for mapped flood zones; the National Wetlands Inventory mapper gives a first look at wetlands.
Getting answers from the right desk
Anything recorded against property around Oakland are with the Chancery Clerk, usually searchable by name or document number. Questions about what you can build around Coffeeville need the planning or permitting office, and the answer depends on jurisdiction.
Zoning, taxes and rules
Agricultural or forestry tax status near Tillatoba can change after a sale, ask the County Tax Assessor what happens to taxes.
Recorded documents worth pulling
Around Tillatoba, the map is an index, not the title: recorded deeds, subdivision plats and easements for parcels in the county are kept by the Chancery Clerk. Long-held tracts around Water Valley may go back through many deeds, so a title company can sort it out before a purchase.
Getting your bearings
Coffeeville holds the county offices, which is where the courthouse records live. You'll also find Water Valley, Oakland, Tillatoba, and Scobey, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Roughly 12,386 people live in Yalobusha County (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) on about 467 square miles. Yalobusha County was formed in 1834, which matters when you trace an old farm's title. Landmarks such as Holly Springs National Forest are easy to spot when you zoom out.
Neighboring parcel maps
Yalobusha County meets Calhoun County, Grenada County, Lafayette County, Panola County, and Tallahatchie County; every one of them runs a separate parcel map. Ground near Tillatoba that runs to the line may be split in two county records, so check the adjacent map too. If you're looking near Coffeeville, the Platbookmapper state page links every neighboring county map for Mississippi.
Field tips
The parcel map usually runs in a mobile browser, useful out on a road near Scobey, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A saved image of the lot near Oakland and its lines is a good backup.
Limits of the parcel data
Near Coffeeville, listed acreage is an assessed number; just a licensed surveyor establishes the real corners on the ground. On ground around Oakland, records update in batches, so a deed recorded last month may not show yet.
How land is described here
Mississippi is laid out under the Public Land Survey System, so rural legal descriptions near Scobey cite section, township and range. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township, though sections near Holly Springs National Forest can be irregular. Write down the legal description for the tract near Tillatoba for any title or survey request.
Questions about the Yalobusha County land for sale
Is the acreage on the record accurate near Holly Springs National Forest?
With a lot near Coffeeville, acreage figures come from different sources and rarely match exactly; the survey controls.
Are sale prices on the parcel record near Water Valley?
If the land is near Water Valley, some records show sale dates and prices; a sale may include buildings or extra parcels.
Is the land buildable in Yalobusha County?
Closer to Oakland, buildability depends on access, soils, zoning and floodplain; ask before you buy.
What does landlocked mean in Yalobusha County?
On ground around Coffeeville, no road frontage and no recorded easement can mean no legal access; lenders may balk at it.
Can I print the parcel map for land near Holly Springs National Forest?
If you're looking near Holly Springs National Forest, use the print button or a screenshot; downloads of raw data vary by county.
Open the official Yalobusha 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.