THE MADISON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Upper Boston Mountains setting.
Madison County has 834.2 square miles of land in Arkansas. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Madison County: Upper Boston Mountains, Springfield Plateau, Lower Boston Mountains, among others.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Madison County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Upper Boston Mountains57.8%
- Springfield Plateau16.9%
- Lower Boston Mountains14.7%
- Dissected Springfield Plateau-Elk River Hills10.6%
Ozark Highlands in Madison County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Madison County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Madison County, including Huntsville, Kingston, Wesley. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Madison County by land and water
The Census records 2.88 square miles of water within Madison County, 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, Madison County has 154.4 times the land area of nearby Huntsville city (5.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Benton County, Carroll County, Crawford County, Franklin County, Johnson County, Newton County, Washington County within Arkansas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

