THE BENTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Benton County has 406.6 square miles of land in Mississippi. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Benton County: Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Loess Plains.
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
Benton County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain67.6%
- Loess Plains32.4%
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains in Benton County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Benton County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Benton County, including Ashland, Hickory Flat, Snow Lake Shores. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Benton County by land and water
The Census records 2.04 square miles of water within Benton County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Benton County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Benton County has 222.9 times the land area of nearby Ashland town (1.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Marshall County, Tippah County, Union County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.