Blog · October 14, 2026 · Mississippi
Yalobusha County Plat Book, Mississippi
What a Yalobusha County plat book is, where to locate one around Tillatoba, and the free map that covers the gaps.
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People who grew up near Coffeeville remember the Yalobusha County plat book as the book that named every farm. This guide covers finding a printed edition for Yalobusha County, Mississippi, and using the free parcel map in the meantime.
What's inside a county plat book
Think of the Yalobusha County plat book as a bound, printed version of ownership: township pages, owner names on each tract, and road maps for places like Oakland. Deeds and recorded plats, not the atlas, still govern land near Scobey in the county.
Step one: the free Yalobusha County viewer
There's no separate Yalobusha County parcel site to hunt for; the MARIS Mississippi Statewide Parcels map viewer carries the county's parcels along with the rest of Mississippi. Most people locate their Yalobusha County tract fastest by searching an address in Oakland, then clicking the outline. If the official address for the Yalobusha County, MS map ever changes, our directory page carries the current link for Coffeeville and the rest of the county.
Finding a printed Yalobusha County plat book
Private publishers have printed plat books for many rural counties, but editions for Yalobusha County come and go; check at the courthouse, the extension office or a farm supply store in Tillatoba. Older editions are useful for family history around Oakland, showing who held a farm decades ago.
Atlas details and limits
A typical atlas page for a township near Coffeeville shows sections, roads and streams, with each ownership block labeled. Acreage printed in a county atlas is approximate; the deed and a boundary survey decide the real figure for a tract around Oakland. Genealogists in Mississippi often pair an old Yalobusha County atlas with deed records to follow a farm through the generations.
Editions, deeds and printouts
Names in an older Yalobusha County atlas can lead you to the right deed in the grantor-grantee index for land near Scobey. Saving PDFs of the county map around Scobey gives you an offline reference when the signal drops.
The Yalobusha County economy in brief
County Business Patterns counted 180 business establishments in Yalobusha County for 2022, led by retail trade, other services, and accommodation and food services. Utilities and heavy and civil engineering construction make up an above-average share of Yalobusha County businesses, a clue to how land around Tillatoba gets used.
Yalobusha County at a glance
Town lots cluster around Coffeeville and Water Valley, the county seat, and Oakland and Tillatoba. Unincorporated communities in the county, including Scobey, show up as small groups of parcels along the roads. Yalobusha County had an estimated 12,386 people in 2023 (Census Bureau), spread across about 467 square miles. Outside Coffeeville, most of the county map is farm, ranch or timber ground with large, irregular tracts.
Neighboring maps around Yalobusha County
A farm near the county line can carry separate records in Calhoun County, Grenada County, and Lafayette County as well. Our Mississippi page links each map neighboring Yalobusha County.
Where Yalobusha County land records are kept
For a tract around Water Valley, the recorded documents sit with the chancery clerk; the parcel map is built from them for taxes. A deed or plat for land near Tillatoba is kept by the county chancery clerk, Mississippi's land-records custodian. Copy the parcel number and legal description from the county record well before you request a deed for land near Tillatoba.
The free online alternative
Between editions, use the MARIS Mississippi Statewide Parcels map viewer; it shows owners, acreage and parcel IDs for land near Oakland at no cost. Pair the county map with a road atlas for the back roads near Oakland.
Yalobusha County plat book questions
Is there a current plat book for Yalobusha County, Mississippi?
Editions come and go; check at the courthouse, extension office or farm supply stores in Oakland.
Is a plat book the same as a recorded plat for a lot in Oakland?
No; a lot in Oakland answers to its recorded plat, and the county atlas is only a guide.
Does a Yalobusha County plat book show property lines?
Only roughly; a Yalobusha County plat book is a reference, so a boundary survey decides the real line.
Are older plat books for Yalobusha County, Mississippi online?
Some libraries and historical societies keep older Yalobusha County atlases; ask what's available near Tillatoba.
Is the Yalobusha County, Mississippi online map better than a plat book?
For current owners near Tillatoba, yes; the MARIS Mississippi Statewide Parcels map viewer updates as deeds are processed.
Open the official Yalobusha County, MS parcel map Yalobusha 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.