THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Holocene Meander Belts setting.
Mississippi County has 411.6 square miles of land in Missouri. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Mississippi County: Northern Holocene Meander Belts, St. Francis Lowlands.
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
Mississippi County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Holocene Meander Belts68.8%
- St. Francis Lowlands31.2%
Finding your parcel within Mississippi County
The atlas lists 9 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Mississippi County, including Charleston, Miner, East Prairie. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Mississippi County by land and water
The Census records 17.2 square miles of water within Mississippi County, or 4% of its total area. That share is close to Mississippi County’s 4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mississippi County has 1,052.7 times the land area of nearby Anniston town (0.39 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets New Madrid County, Scott County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.