THE CROSBY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Rolling Plains setting.
Crosby town has 2.12 square miles of land in Amite County, Wilkinson County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Rolling 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Crosby intersects 2 county geographies: Amite County, Wilkinson County. A Crosby mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Crosby by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Crosby, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 2.7 percentage points lower than the 3.1% recorded for Mississippi. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Crosby town has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Gloster town (1.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.