THE MARSHALL COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Plains setting.
Marshall County has 706.2 square miles of land in Mississippi. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Marshall County: Loess Plains, Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain.
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
Marshall County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Loess Plains67.3%
- Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain32.7%
Southeastern Plains in Marshall 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 ↗Finding your parcel within Marshall County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Marshall County, including Holly Springs, Victoria, Byhalia. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Marshall County by land and water
The Census records 3.54 square miles of water within Marshall County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Marshall County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Marshall County has 55.3 times the land area of nearby Holly Springs city (12.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Benton County, DeSoto County, Lafayette County, Tate County, Union County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

