THE FERNWOOD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Rolling Plains setting.
Fernwood CDP has 1.99 square miles of land in Pike 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
Fernwood and Pike County
Fernwood is associated with Pike 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.
Fernwood by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Fernwood, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points lower than the 0.4% recorded for Pike County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fernwood CDP has 32.3% of the land area of nearby Magnolia city (6.14 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

