THE HOUSTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Fourche Mountains setting.
Houston town has 1.01 square miles of land in Perry County. Its Census reference point is in Fourche Mountains, within Ouachita Mountains.
Long east-west ridges formed from folded sedimentary rock define the Ouachitas. Forested slopes and narrow intervening valleys differ from the plateaus and broad lowlands around the range.
Regional context: Ouachita Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Houston and Perry County
Houston is associated with Perry County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Houston by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Houston, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.7 percentage points lower than the 1.7% recorded for Perry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Houston town has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Bigelow town (0.94 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

