THE DYERSBURG LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Plains setting.
Dyersburg city has 17.3 square miles of land in Dyer 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
Dyersburg and Dyer County
Dyersburg is associated with Dyer 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.
Dyersburg by land and water
The Census records 0.11 square miles of water within Dyersburg, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 2 percentage points lower than the 2.6% recorded for Dyer County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dyersburg city has 8.3 times the land area of nearby Fowlkes CDP (2.09 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

