Lamar County, AL
Land for Sale in Lamar County, AL
Wondering what your Lamar County acreage is really worth once you separate the bottomland from the uplands? The Buttahatchee River bottoms and the hill ground around Vernon, Sulligent, and Millport behave differently and price differently, and we check both before setting a number.
About the County
About Lamar County land
Soils change a lot inside one tract. Check the specific parcel with NRCS Web Soil Survey and a walk on the ground before assuming anything from the county as a whole.
US-278 crosses east–west between Hamilton and Columbus, MS. AL-17 runs north–south between Sulligent and Millport, and AL-18 adds further east–west access.
The Buttahatchee River drains the county south and west toward the Tombigbee, with Yellow Creek as a named tributary. Bottomland along the Buttahatchee drains very differently than the interior terrain and should be reviewed parcel by parcel.
Local Land Market
How land trades in Lamar County
Lamar reads as a west-Alabama hill county with a Buttahatchee River corridor running through it. On any specific tract, legal access, standing timber, and stream-bottom footprint drive value more than county-wide averages.
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Land Types
Types of land found in Lamar County
Hunting and recreational land
Timberland and investment property
Farms, pasture and open land
Buying Land
Buying land in Lamar County
Most costly surprises on a rural purchase turn up before closing, not after. Here is what we check with buyers on a Lamar County tract.
Before buying rural land
- Legal access — deeded road frontage or a recorded easement, not just a road you can drive.
- Boundaries and survey — what is flagged on the ground, and whether a new survey is worth the money.
- Utilities and septic — power, water, and whether the site will take a septic system.
- Wet or flood-prone ground — FEMA maps, wetland maps, and a walk on the tract itself.
- Usable acreage — how much of the tract you can actually build on, farm, or hunt.
- Rights, leases and restrictions — timber, hunting leases, minerals, and what is included in the sale.
See current listings or contact Crew to walk a specific Lamar County tract.
Selling Land
Selling land in Lamar County
Acreage alone does not tell you what your land is worth. We price each Lamar County tract based on what it actually has — access, timber, water, improvements, leases, restrictions, and relevant comparable sales in Alabama.
Before selling rural land
- Confirm acreage, boundaries, and any easements or leases on the property.
- Walk the tract for road frontage, usable interior roads, water, and timber condition.
- Get the timber looked at if it carries real value.
- Shoot drone imagery and put together boundary and plat maps buyers can read.
- Review what comparable land has actually sold for, adjusted for how it is used.
- Market it to real land buyers and stay with it through closing.
Ask for a straight opinion on your Lamar County tract. No pressure to sign a listing agreement.
Forestry Support
Does the timber change what a Lamar County tract is worth?
Standing timber can be one of the biggest pieces of a rural tract's value, and it is easy to guess wrong on it. Crew Land Co. handles the land sale. Southeast Forestlands handles the professional forestry work. When timber, thinning history, or replanting affects the deal, we set up that handoff before you buy, price or sell.
More on how we coordinate: Crew's forestry handoff page · Southeast Forestlands Lamar County resource
Listing Availability
Current listings in Lamar County
No active Lamar County listings right now
Crew Land Co. does not currently have an active listing in Lamar County. Browse our current listings across Mississippi and Alabama or contact us about buying or selling land in the county.
Nearby Counties
Nearby land markets within Crew's service area
Rural buyers rarely stop at a county line. These neighboring counties fall inside Crew Land Co.'s active service area — only real, in-network adjacencies are shown here. Listings featured on these pages are located in the linked county, not in Lamar County.
FAQ
Lamar County land — questions we hear
- How should I evaluate a Buttahatchee River bottom tract?
- Start with the current FEMA flood-hazard panel for the specific parcel, then check NRCS Web Soil Survey for wet soils and flooding frequency. Bottomland acreage may also carry jurisdictional wetlands that limit clearing or crop conversion.
- How much do soils vary across Lamar County?
- A lot. NRCS Web Soil Survey often shows several soil units inside a single tract in west Alabama, so suitability for pasture, homesite, or timber needs to be checked parcel by parcel.
Statewide Coverage
Land for sale across Alabama
Talk with a Lamar County land broker
Buying, selling, or just trying to figure out what a Lamar County tract is really worth — Crew Land Co. will give you a straight answer.