THE ALCORN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Alcorn County has 400 square miles of land in Mississippi. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Alcorn County: Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Blackland Prairie, Fall Line Hills.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Alcorn County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain40.7%
- Blackland Prairie38.2%
- Fall Line Hills21.1%
Finding your parcel within Alcorn County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Alcorn County, including Corinth, Farmington, Glen. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Alcorn County by land and water
The Census records 1.31 square miles of water within Alcorn County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Alcorn County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Alcorn County has 199.7 times the land area of nearby Biggersville CDP (2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Prentiss County, Tippah County, Tishomingo County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

