THE CHARLESTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Bluff Hills setting.
Charleston city has 1.36 square miles of land in Tallahatchie 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
Charleston and Tallahatchie County
Charleston is associated with Tallahatchie 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.
Charleston by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Charleston, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 1% recorded for Tallahatchie County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Charleston city has 88.6% of the land area of nearby Oakland town (1.53 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

