THE FAYETTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Rolling Plains setting.
Fayette city has 1.18 square miles of land in Jefferson 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
Fayette and Jefferson County
Fayette is associated with Jefferson 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.
Fayette by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Fayette, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.4 percentage points lower than the 1.4% recorded for Jefferson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fayette city has 49.4% of the land area of nearby Alcorn State University CDP (2.38 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

