THE CALHOUN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Calhoun County has 586.6 square miles of land in Mississippi. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Calhoun County: Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Flatwoods/Blackland Prairie Margins.
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
Calhoun County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain66.4%
- Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain27.4%
- Flatwoods/Blackland Prairie Margins6.2%
Finding your parcel within Calhoun County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Calhoun County, including Bruce, Calhoun City, Derma. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Calhoun County by land and water
The Census records 1.39 square miles of water within Calhoun County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Calhoun County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Calhoun County has 597.9 times the land area of nearby Pittsboro village (0.98 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Chickasaw County, Grenada County, Lafayette County, Pontotoc County, Webster County, Yalobusha County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

