THE MCCOMB LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Rolling Plains setting.
McComb city has 11.8 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
McComb and Pike County
McComb 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.
McComb by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within McComb, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points higher 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, McComb city has 5.1 times the land area of nearby Summit town (2.31 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

