THE WEST CARROLL PARISH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Macon Ridge setting.
West Carroll Parish has 359.7 square miles of land in Louisiana. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across West Carroll Parish: Macon Ridge, Northern Backswamps.
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
West Carroll Parish intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Macon Ridge92.6%
- Northern Backswamps7.4%
Finding your parcel within West Carroll Parish
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with West Carroll Parish, including Oak Grove, Forest, Kilbourne. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
West Carroll Parish by land and water
The Census records 0.92 square miles of water within West Carroll Parish, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to West Carroll Parish’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, West Carroll Parish has 215.3 times the land area of nearby Forest village (1.67 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish within Louisiana. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.