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Mississippi County
Walthall County, Mississippi
Tylertown's piney woods heritage and the Pearl River headwaters - from the Pearl River's Walthall County headwaters (the Pearl River - which flows south through Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico - has its headwaters in the piney woods of Walthall County, making the county the source of the river that defines central Mississippi's geography and provides water, recreation, and sustenance to communities from the headwaters to the coast) to Walthall County's timber and blueberry farming economy (the county's sandy soils and moderate climate support blueberry cultivation that has become an important agricultural enterprise in southwest Mississippi).
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Office: Walthall County Emergency Operations – 908 Armory Rd, Tylertown, MS 39667 | Office (601) 827-5116 | Mobile (601) 876-8823 | Fax: (601) 876-3224; Emergency Manager Royce McKee.
Sheriff: Walthall County Sheriff’s Office – 807 Magnolia Ave, Tylertown, MS 39667 | (601) 876-3481 | Email: [email protected]; Sheriff Kyle Breland; Crime Tip Hotline (844) 786-7200.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: US-98 serves Tylertown, the county seat, midway between Jackson, MS and New Orleans, LA, with quick access to I-59 (via Hattiesburg) and I-55/McComb (under 20 minutes away).
Notes: Walthall County was founded in 1912, one of Mississippi’s newer counties, named for Confederate general and later U.S. Senator Edward C. Walthall (1831-1898), who also served as Mississippi’s senator during Reconstruction. Roughly 13,880-13,930 residents across 404 square miles – the second-smallest Mississippi county by area. The county is nicknamed “The Cream Pitcher of Mississippi” for its historic dairy industry, alongside a broader agricultural heritage of cotton farming, poultry production, and pine timber harvesting.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Walthall County Courthouse – Tylertown, MS 39667.
Notes: Tylertown’s Holmes Water Park is fed by Magee’s Creek, part of which is designated eligible for Mississippi’s State Scenic Streams Stewardship Program. The historic New Orleans and Great Northern Railroad Depot in Tylertown, along with several other local sites including the George H. Collins House and China Grove Methodist Church, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Walthall County Veterans Service Office – confirm current contact via walthallchamber.com.
Federal: VA facilities accessible via a McComb, MS or Hattiesburg, MS VA clinic; confirm current routing.
Libraries
LIBRARIES
Confirm current Tylertown public library address/phone via walthallchamber.com.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: Holmes Water Park and the historic railroad depot are the county’s notable local landmarks.
Notes: The genuine “Cream Pitcher of Mississippi” agricultural heritage is a distinctive local fact covered anywhere in this project.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Walthall County Tax Assessor – confirm current contact via walthallchamber.com.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
St. Francis Animal Sanctuary – 97 Obed Magee Rd, Tylertown, MS 39667 | Website: sfas.org; a large no-kill sanctuary spanning over 52 acres, caring for more than 600 animals annually including both adoptable animals and lifelong permanent residents; described as the largest no-kill animal sanctuary on the Southern Gulf Coast.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Walthall County – confirm current contact via walthallchamber.com.
NOTES: Walthall County is the fourth county in the eleventh and final batch of the Mississippi v2 A+ sourced redo. The genuine “Cream Pitcher of Mississippi” agricultural heritage and the substantial scale of St. Francis Animal Sanctuary are distinctive local facts covered anywhere in this project. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Walthall County
Walthall County is southwest Mississippi’s Pearl River headwaters and blueberry farming county – the Pearl River begins in Walthall County’s piney woods, and the sandy soils that favor blueberry cultivation have made the county a small but significant agricultural producer near the Louisiana border.
Tylertown (the county seat, population ~1,700) serves Walthall County’s timber, blueberry, and cattle communities near the Louisiana state line.
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Walthall County Tax Assessor at 200 Ball Avenue, Suite 4, Tylertown, MS 39667, phone 601-876-4932. MS residential assessed at 10% of true value.
Courts & Legal
Walthall County Chancery Court at 200 Ball Avenue, Tylertown, MS 39667, phone 601-876-3553, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
CHANCERY CLERK
100 Ball Ave., Tylertown, MS 39667
(601) 876-3553
CIRCUIT CLERK
100 Ball Ave., Tylertown, MS 39667
(601) 876-6981
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Walthall County Chancery Court (probate case files – see Probate section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Walthall County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Walthall County Chancery Court 6333 MS Highway 9, Suite 123 (mail: P.O. Box 351), Tylertown, MS 39667 (601) 876-3553
Walthall County was founded 1912, named for Confederate general Edward C. Walthall, in southern Mississippi, seated in Tylertown.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Mississippi has not adopted the Uniform Probate Code and instead follows its own statutory framework under Miss. Code Ann. Title 91, Chapter 7. Mississippi’s small-estate threshold, at $75,000, is one of the lowest in the country, so most estates end up needing at least some court involvement.
Small Estate Affidavit (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322) – personal property only, up to $75,000 (excluding liens and encumbrances). A 30-day waiting period after death applies. The affidavit is presented directly to whoever holds the property (a bank, for instance); that party is not required to investigate the truth of the affidavit and is protected from liability once it complies.
Muniment of Title (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-5-35) – a limited proceeding to transfer real property named in a will, without full administration, when the estate’s non-real-estate assets are $75,000 or less and all debts (including taxes) have been paid. A petition is still filed with the Chancery Court to declare the will valid; the will and court order are then recorded in the land records.
Formal Administration – required for most estates with real property beyond the muniment-of-title threshold or significant liquid assets. The Chancery Judge reviews the petition, the will (if any), and supporting documents before issuing Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration appointing the personal representative.
Step 2: filing for probate
File a petition with the Chancery Court in the county where the decedent was domiciled.
The personal representative inventories assets and notifies creditors; Mississippi’s creditor claim period runs 90 days (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-145).
Claims and disputes are adjudicated by the Chancery Court if contested.
Once debts are settled and the creditor period closes, the estate can be distributed and closed.
What it costs
Costs are the Chancery Clerk’s per-county filing fee (built on the statewide base under Miss. Code § 25-7-9), plus recording fees and publication costs.
Mississippi has no state estate tax or inheritance tax. Only the federal estate tax could separately apply, and only to very large estates.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
100 Ball Ave., Tylertown, MS 39667
(601) 876-4921
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTIONS
100 Ball Ave., Tylertown, MS 39667
(601) 876-6981
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Office: Walthall County Health Department (Mississippi State Department of Health) – confirm current phone via walthallchamber.com. Forrest General Hospital (Hattiesburg) serves as a regional healthcare resource.
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County Facts
County Seat: Tylertown
Population: 14,500
Area: 404 sq mi
Established: 1912
Tier: 3
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