THE GREENE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Pine Plains and Hills setting.
Greene County has 712.7 square miles of land in Mississippi. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Greene County: Southern Pine Plains and Hills, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces.
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
Greene County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Pine Plains and Hills89.3%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces10.7%
Finding your parcel within Greene County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Greene County, including Leakesville, State Line, McLain. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Greene County by land and water
The Census records 5.96 square miles of water within Greene County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Greene County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Greene County has 113.4 times the land area of nearby Leakesville town (6.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets George County, Perry County, Wayne County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

