THE QUITMAN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Holocene Meander Belts setting.
Quitman County has 405 square miles of land in Mississippi. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Quitman County: Northern Holocene Meander Belts, Northern Pleistocene Valley Trains, Northern Backswamps.
The Mississippi's broad alluvial plain includes river terraces, swales and natural levees. Small changes in elevation distinguish local settings within this generally flat river landscape.
Regional context: Mississippi Alluvial Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Quitman County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Holocene Meander Belts59%
- Northern Pleistocene Valley Trains34.9%
- Northern Backswamps6.1%
Finding your parcel within Quitman County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Quitman County, including Darling, Marks, Lambert. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Quitman County by land and water
The Census records 1.42 square miles of water within Quitman County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Quitman County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Quitman County has 315.7 times the land area of nearby Marks city (1.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Coahoma County, Panola County, Tallahatchie County, Tunica County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.