THE ISSAQUENA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Holocene Meander Belts setting.
Issaquena County has 413 square miles of land in Mississippi. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Issaquena 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
Issaquena County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Holocene Meander Belts77.5%
- Northern Backswamps22.5%
Finding your parcel within Issaquena County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Issaquena County, including Grace, Valley Park, Mayersville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Issaquena County by land and water
The Census records 28.4 square miles of water within Issaquena County, or 6.4% of its total area. That share is close to Issaquena County’s 6.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Issaquena County has 375.1 times the land area of nearby Mayersville town (1.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Sharkey County, Warren 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.

