THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Montgomery County has 407 square miles of land in Mississippi. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Montgomery County: Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Loess Plains.
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
Montgomery County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain90.7%
- Loess Plains9.3%
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains in Montgomery County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Montgomery County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Montgomery County, including Winona, Kilmichael, Stewart. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Montgomery County by land and water
The Census records 0.91 square miles of water within Montgomery County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Montgomery County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Montgomery County has 30.1 times the land area of nearby Winona city (13.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Attala County, Carroll County, Choctaw County, Grenada County, Webster County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

