THE CARROLL COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Plains setting.
Carroll County has 628.4 square miles of land in Mississippi. 6 mapped landscape regions meet across Carroll County: Loess Plains, Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Northern Pleistocene Valley Trains, among others.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Carroll County intersects 6 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Loess Plains80.8%
- Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain7.9%
- Northern Pleistocene Valley Trains7.8%
- Northern Holocene Meander Belts2.1%
- Bluff Hills0.8%
Southeastern Plains in Carroll County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Mississippi Alluvial Plain in Carroll County
The Mississippi's broad alluvial plain includes river terraces, swales and natural levees. Small changes in elevation distinguish local settings within this generally flat river landscape.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Carroll County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Carroll County, including Vaiden, Carrollton, North Carrollton. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Carroll County by land and water
The Census records 6.2 square miles of water within Carroll County, or 1% of its total area. That share is close to Carroll County’s 1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Carroll County has 772.9 times the land area of nearby Carrollton town (0.81 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Attala County, Grenada County, Holmes County, Leflore County, Montgomery County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

