THE HUNTSVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lower Boston Mountains setting.
Huntsville city has 5.4 square miles of land in Madison County. Its Census reference point is in Lower Boston Mountains, within Boston Mountains.
A deeply eroded sandstone-and-shale plateau creates the Boston Mountains' rugged valleys and uplands. Oak and hickory forests are prominent, with pine and cedar in some lower or exposed settings.
Regional context: Boston Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Huntsville and Madison County
Huntsville is associated with Madison 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.
Huntsville by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Huntsville, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Madison County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Huntsville city has 14.5 times the land area of nearby Hindsville town (0.37 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

