THE FRANKLIN PARISH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Macon Ridge setting.
Franklin Parish has 624.3 square miles of land in Louisiana. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Franklin Parish: Macon Ridge, Northern Holocene Meander Belts, Northern Backswamps, 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
Franklin Parish intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Macon Ridge78.4%
- Northern Holocene Meander Belts14.4%
- Northern Backswamps4.8%
- Arkansas/Ouachita River Backswamps1.9%
- Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts0.4%
Finding your parcel within Franklin Parish
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Franklin Parish, including Winnsboro, Baskin, Gilbert. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Franklin Parish by land and water
The Census records 10.8 square miles of water within Franklin Parish, or 1.7% of its total area. That share is close to Franklin Parish’s 1.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Franklin Parish has 156.2 times the land area of nearby Winnsboro city (4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Caldwell Parish, Catahoula Parish, Madison Parish, Richland Parish, Tensas Parish within Louisiana. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.