THE MADISON PARISH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Holocene Meander Belts setting.
Madison Parish has 623.9 square miles of land in Louisiana. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Madison Parish: Northern Holocene Meander Belts, Northern Backswamps, Macon Ridge.
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
Madison Parish intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Holocene Meander Belts62.3%
- Northern Backswamps37.3%
- Macon Ridge0.4%
Finding your parcel within Madison Parish
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Madison Parish, including Delta, Tallulah, Richmond. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Madison Parish by land and water
The Census records 26.4 square miles of water within Madison Parish, or 4.1% of its total area. That share is close to Madison Parish’s 4.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Madison Parish has 376.1 times the land area of nearby Richmond village (1.66 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets East Carroll Parish, Franklin 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.

