THE TUNICA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Holocene Meander Belts setting.
Tunica County has 454.1 square miles of land in Mississippi. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Tunica 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
Tunica County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Holocene Meander Belts86.8%
- Northern Backswamps13.2%
Finding your parcel within Tunica County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Tunica County, including Tunica Resorts, Dundee, Tunica. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Tunica County by land and water
The Census records 22 square miles of water within Tunica County, or 4.6% of its total area. That share is close to Tunica County’s 4.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tunica County has 983 times the land area of nearby White Oak CDP (0.46 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Coahoma County, DeSoto County, Panola County, Quitman County, Tate County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

