THE STONE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Pine Plains and Hills setting.
Stone County has 445.5 square miles of land in Mississippi. The mapped landscape region in Stone County is Southern Pine Plains and Hills.
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
Finding your parcel within Stone County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Stone County, including Wiggins, Bond. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Stone County by land and water
The Census records 2.59 square miles of water within Stone County, or 0.6% of its total area. That share is close to Stone County’s 0.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Stone County has 41.4 times the land area of nearby Wiggins city (10.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Forrest County, George County, Hancock County, Harrison County, Jackson County, Pearl River County, Perry County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

