THE HARDEMAN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Hardeman County has 667.8 square miles of land in Tennessee. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Hardeman County: Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Flatwoods/Blackland Prairie Margins, 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
Hardeman County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain91.5%
- Flatwoods/Blackland Prairie Margins5.7%
- Loess Plains2.9%
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains in Hardeman 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 Hardeman County
The atlas lists 11 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Hardeman County, including Bolivar, Essary Springs, Whiteville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Hardeman County by land and water
The Census records 2.61 square miles of water within Hardeman County, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Hardeman County’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hardeman County has 82.3 times the land area of nearby Bolivar city (8.11 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Chester County, Fayette County, Haywood County, Madison County, McNairy County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

