THE BARTLETT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Plains setting.
Bartlett city has 32.6 square miles of land in Shelby County. Its Census reference point is in Loess Plains, within Mississippi Valley Loess Plains.
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 ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Bartlett and Shelby County
Bartlett is associated with Shelby County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Bartlett by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Bartlett, or 0% of its total area. It is 3.6 percentage points lower than the 3.7% recorded for Shelby County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bartlett city has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Lakeland city (23.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

