Tate County, MS
Land for Sale in Tate County, MS
Tate County catches the overflow from the Memphis metro without being part of it. Senatobia is a real town with a college in it, I-55 runs straight up to the state line, and the land west of the interstate slides toward the Delta while the east side stays in hills. Buyers here range from farmers to weekend hunters, and the tract determines which one you are talking to.
About the County
About Tate County land
Senatobia is the county seat and home to Northwest Mississippi Community College. Coldwater sits north along I-55 and US-51, Arkabutla and Strayhorn are on the western side, and MS-4, MS-306, and MS-310 handle east–west traffic.
Arkabutla Lake, a US Army Corps of Engineers flood-control reservoir on the Coldwater River spanning Tate and DeSoto counties, occupies the northwest corner of the county with a large block of federal land around it. That acreage is public and permanently out of private hands, which shapes the market on the tracts that adjoin it.
East of the interstate, loess hills carry mixed hardwood and pine with pasture in the openings. West and north toward the lake and the Coldwater bottom, the ground flattens and gets wetter, with row-crop fields in the better-drained sections.
Arkabutla Lake — Corps of Engineers reservoir and surrounding federal land dominate the northwest of the county.
Interstate access — I-55 runs north–south through Senatobia and Coldwater toward the Memphis metro.
Hills and bottom — Loess hills on the east, flatter Coldwater River ground on the west.
Local Land Market
How land trades in Tate County
Proximity to Memphis widens the buyer pool for recreational tracts, especially anything with a cabin site, a pond, and reliable access off pavement.
Farm ground near the Coldwater bottom is valued on drainage as much as on soil. Fields that hold water into planting season are worth less regardless of what the soil map says.
Corps land next door improves the hunting picture for some buyers and introduces public-access neighbors for others. Both should be considered rather than assumed positive.
Land Types
Types of land found in Tate County
Farms, pasture and open land
Hunting and recreational land
Rural homesites
Timberland and investment property
Buying Land
Buying land in Tate County
Most costly surprises on a rural purchase turn up before closing, not after. Here is what we check with buyers on a Tate 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.
If the tract adjoins Corps property, find out where the government line actually is and what the Corps allows along it. Assumptions about lake access get expensive.
See current listings or contact Crew to walk a specific Tate County tract.
Selling Land
Selling land in Tate County
Acreage alone does not tell you what your land is worth. We price a Tate County tract on what it actually has — access, timber, water, and any leases or restrictions — against what similar rural land has sold for in Mississippi.
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.
Photos in different seasons help here more than in most counties. A wet-season photo showing your access still passable answers the question buyers were going to ask anyway.
Ask for a straight opinion on your Tate County tract. No pressure to sign a listing agreement.
Forestry Support
Does the timber change what a Tate 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 Tate County resource
Listing Availability
Current listings in Tate County
No active Tate County listings right now
Crew Land Co. does not currently have an active listing in Tate County. Browse our current listings across Mississippi and Alabama or contact us about buying or selling land in the county.
Why work with Crew Land Co.
A land brokerage that actually knows rural Mississippi
We sell rural land
Hunting ground, timberland, pasture and homesites — not suburban subdivisions.
Licensed in MS and AL
We can work both sides of the state line without handing you off.
Timber handled right
If timber is a real part of the value, Southeast Forestlands looks at it and we handle the Tate County sale.
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 Tate County.
FAQ
Tate County land — questions we hear
- What is Arkabutla Lake?
- A flood-control reservoir on the Coldwater River operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers, with substantial federally managed land surrounding it in northwestern Tate County.
- Is Tate County part of the Memphis metro?
- It sits south of the metro along I-55 and draws some commuter and weekend-property interest, but the county itself remains largely rural and agricultural.
- What kind of land is here?
- Loess hills with mixed timber and pasture on the eastern side, and flatter, wetter Coldwater River ground with row-crop fields toward the west and north.
Statewide Coverage
Land for sale across Mississippi
Talk with a Tate County land broker
Buying, selling, or just trying to figure out what a Tate County tract is really worth — Crew Land Co. will give you a straight answer.