THE ATTALA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Attala County has 735 square miles of land in Mississippi. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Attala County: Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Loess Plains.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Attala County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain94.5%
- Loess Plains5.5%
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains in Attala County
Windblown loess blankets irregular plains and rolling hills, with steeper bluffs near the Mississippi River. Flatter eastern areas contrast with the more deeply cut bluff country.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Attala County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Attala County, including Kosciusko, McCool, Ethel. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Attala County by land and water
The Census records 1.71 square miles of water within Attala County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Attala County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Attala County has 97.5 times the land area of nearby Kosciusko city (7.54 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Carroll County, Choctaw County, Holmes County, Leake County, Madison County, Montgomery County, Neshoba County, Winston County and other counties within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

