THE CARROLL COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dissected Springfield Plateau-Elk River Hills setting.
Carroll County has 629.9 square miles of land in Arkansas. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Carroll County: Dissected Springfield Plateau-Elk River Hills, Springfield Plateau, Central Plateau, among others.
Wooded uplands over limestone, dolomite and sandstone characterize the Ozarks. Springs, caves and spring-fed streams are widespread regional features within a landscape of uneven plateaus and valleys.
Regional context: Ozark Highlands ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Carroll County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Dissected Springfield Plateau-Elk River Hills34.8%
- Springfield Plateau22.6%
- Central Plateau18.3%
- White River Hills13.4%
- Upper Boston Mountains10.9%
Boston Mountains in Carroll County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Carroll County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Carroll County, including Holiday Island, Eureka Springs, Berryville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Carroll County by land and water
The Census records 8.77 square miles of water within Carroll County, or 1.4% of its total area. That share is close to Carroll County’s 1.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Carroll County has 95.4 times the land area of nearby Berryville city (6.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Benton County, Boone County, Madison County, Newton County within Arkansas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

