Panola County is bounded by beginning on the line between ranges nine and ten, west, at the center of township six; thence east on section lines to the center of township six, range five, west; thence south with sectional lines through the center of said range to the line between townships ten and eleven, south; thence west on said township line to the northeast corner of township twenty-six, range one, east; thence north to the line between the Chickasaw and Choctaw cessions; thence along said line to the west boundary of township nine, range nine, west; thence north to the beginning. The county sites are Sardis and Batesville.