THE HUMPHREYS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Holocene Meander Belts setting.
Humphreys County has 418.6 square miles of land in Mississippi. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Humphreys County: Northern Holocene Meander Belts, Northern Backswamps.
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.
Regional context: Mississippi Alluvial Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Humphreys County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Holocene Meander Belts78.7%
- Northern Backswamps21.3%
Finding your parcel within Humphreys County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Humphreys County, including Belzoni, Isola, Silver City. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Humphreys County by land and water
The Census records 12.6 square miles of water within Humphreys County, or 2.9% of its total area. That share is close to Humphreys County’s 2.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Humphreys County has 693.1 times the land area of nearby Silver City town (0.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Holmes County, Leflore County, Sharkey County, Sunflower County, Washington County, Yazoo County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

