THE MCNAIRY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
McNairy County has 562.8 square miles of land in Tennessee. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across McNairy County: Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Blackland Prairie.
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
McNairy County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain90.4%
- Blackland Prairie9.6%
Finding your parcel within McNairy County
The atlas lists 12 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with McNairy County, including Guys, Selmer, Michie. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
McNairy County by land and water
The Census records 0.77 square miles of water within McNairy County, or 0.1% of its total area. That share is close to McNairy County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, McNairy County has 58.9 times the land area of nearby Selmer town (9.55 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Chester County, Hardeman County, Hardin County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

