THE MADISON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Plains setting.
Madison city has 25.2 square miles of land in Madison 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
Madison and Madison County
Madison is associated with Madison 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.
Madison by land and water
The Census records 1.18 square miles of water within Madison, or 4.5% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points higher than the 3.8% recorded for Madison County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Madison city has 96.1% of the land area of nearby Ridgeland city (26.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

