THE YALOBUSHA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Yalobusha County has 467.2 square miles of land in Mississippi. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Yalobusha County: Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Loess Plains, Bluff 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
Where the landscape changes
Yalobusha County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain78.8%
- Loess Plains19.3%
- Bluff Hills1.9%
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains in Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Yalobusha County, including Water Valley, Coffeeville, Oakland. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Yalobusha County by land and water
The Census records 27.9 square miles of water within Yalobusha County, or 5.6% of its total area. That share is close to Yalobusha County’s 5.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Yalobusha County has 217.9 times the land area of nearby Coffeeville town (2.14 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Calhoun County, Grenada County, Lafayette County, Panola County, Tallahatchie County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

