THE MADISON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Madison County has 557.2 square miles of land in Tennessee. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Madison County: Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, 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
Madison County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain63.8%
- Loess Plains36.2%
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains in Madison 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 Madison County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Madison County, including Jackson, Humboldt, Three Way. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Madison County by land and water
The Census records 1.45 square miles of water within Madison County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Madison County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Madison County has 9.4 times the land area of nearby Jackson city (59.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Carroll County, Chester County, Crockett County, Gibson County, Hardeman County, Haywood County, Henderson County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

