THE BENTONIA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Plains setting.
Bentonia town has 1.42 square miles of land in Yazoo County. Its Census reference point is in Loess Plains, 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
Bentonia and Yazoo County
Bentonia is associated with Yazoo 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.
Bentonia by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Bentonia, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 1.3% recorded for Yazoo County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bentonia town has 53% of the land area of nearby Kearney Park CDP (2.69 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

