THE OLIVE BRANCH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Plains setting.
Olive Branch city has 56.1 square miles of land in DeSoto 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
Olive Branch and DeSoto County
Olive Branch is associated with DeSoto 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.
Olive Branch by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Olive Branch, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 3.5 percentage points lower than the 3.9% recorded for DeSoto County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Olive Branch city has 25.9 times the land area of nearby Bridgetown CDP (2.17 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.