THE TIPPAH COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Tippah County has 457.8 square miles of land in Mississippi. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Tippah County: Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Flatwoods/Blackland Prairie Margins.
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
Tippah County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain69.1%
- Flatwoods/Blackland Prairie Margins30.9%
Finding your parcel within Tippah County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Tippah County, including Ripley, Walnut, Falkner. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Tippah County by land and water
The Census records 2.13 square miles of water within Tippah County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Tippah County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tippah County has 40.1 times the land area of nearby Ripley city (11.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Alcorn County, Benton County, Prentiss County, Union County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

