THE JEFFERSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts setting.
Jefferson County has 872.3 square miles of land in Arkansas. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Jefferson County: Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts, Arkansas/Ouachita River Backswamps, Tertiary Uplands, among others.
The Mississippi's broad alluvial plain includes river terraces, swales and natural levees. Small changes in elevation distinguish local settings within this generally flat river landscape.
Regional context: Mississippi Alluvial Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Jefferson County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts42.6%
- Arkansas/Ouachita River Backswamps25.1%
- Tertiary Uplands19.1%
- Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces13.1%
South Central Plains in Jefferson County
The Piney Woods occupy irregular plains at the western edge of the southern forest belt. Pine and hardwood landscapes alternate with wider river corridors such as the Red River valley.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Jefferson County
The atlas lists 9 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Jefferson County, including Pine Bluff, White Hall, Sulphur Springs. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Jefferson County by land and water
The Census records 43.7 square miles of water within Jefferson County, or 4.8% of its total area. That share is close to Jefferson County’s 4.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Jefferson County has 425.5 times the land area of nearby Altheimer city (2.05 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Arkansas County, Cleveland County, Grant County, Lincoln County, Lonoke County, Pulaski County within Arkansas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

