THE CLARKE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Clarke County has 691.6 square miles of land in Mississippi. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Clarke County: Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Buhrstone/Lime Hills, Jackson Prairie.
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
Clarke County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain62.7%
- Buhrstone/Lime Hills19.1%
- Jackson Prairie18.2%
Finding your parcel within Clarke County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Clarke County, including Quitman, De Soto, Stonewall. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Clarke County by land and water
The Census records 1.96 square miles of water within Clarke County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Clarke County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clarke County has 133.6 times the land area of nearby Quitman city (5.18 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Jasper County, Lauderdale County, Newton County, Wayne County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

