THE ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Bluff Hills setting.
Alcorn State University CDP has 2.38 square miles of land in Claiborne County. Its Census reference point is in Bluff Hills, within Mississippi Valley Loess Plains.
Windblown loess blankets irregular plains and rolling hills, with steeper bluffs near the Mississippi River. Flatter eastern areas contrast with the more deeply cut bluff country.
Regional context: Mississippi Valley Loess Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Alcorn State University and Claiborne County
Alcorn State University is associated with Claiborne County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Alcorn State University by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Alcorn State University, or 2.2% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 2.8% recorded for Claiborne County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Alcorn State University CDP has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Port Gibson city (1.76 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.