Mississippi County

The Land in Mississippi County

Mississippi County lies against the great river that gives it its name, a wedge of flat, deep alluvial farmland in the eastern Bootheel. The soil is rich and level, planted in cotton, soybeans, corn, and rice, much of it irrigated and served by an extensive network of drainage ditches. This is prime row-crop investment ground, the kind of land bought to be farmed rather than roamed. The river and its backwaters shape the recreation, pulling waterfowl into flooded fields and low sloughs through the season, with dove shooting along the margins in early fall. With little standing timber, Mississippi County speaks to buyers who value productive cropland and open-country wingshooting over big-woods pursuits.