Land for Sale in Cherokee, Alabama

A rare farm and ranch opportunity straddling Allsboro Road along the Mississippi and Alabama state line, this unique property boasts beautiful rolling topography. It offers wide open acreage with proven limestone and gravel potential, providing buyers with both agricultural freedom and significant mineral value. The land combines rolling pasture, timber pockets, fertile irrigated farmland, and easy access, making it ideal for someone interested in taking advantage of the highly sought-after limestone resource, farming, cattle ranching, recreation, or long-term investment.

Approximately 1,063 acres are located in Alabama, contiguous with approximately 283 acres in Mississippi. A modest brick house located on the property can be used as a permanent residence, weekend retreat, or converted into office space. Thirteen spring-fed ponds provide an ample water source for livestock purposes, or the lay of the land can be utilized to form an approximately 150-acre lake for rural-residential development opportunities.

Year-round water flowing in Bear Creek and Johnson Branch irrigates the farmland by pump and a relift station. A 40' x 80' metal shed with electricity has plenty of space for parking large farm equipment. Few properties in the region offer this combination of natural beauty and documented mineral resources, creating a unique chance to own a productive and strategically located tract in the heart of the Southeast.

The property represents an attractive investment opportunity in one of the Southeast's most consistent and resilient industrial sectors: limestone aggregate production. Situated in a region renowned for its extensive limestone resources and favorable topography for extraction, the property offers potential for long-term mineral development, positioning investors to capitalize on both regional and national demand for construction materials.

This very diverse property is located on top of formations of Tuscumbia Limestone, Ste. Genevieve Limestone, and Bethel Sandstone. Soil borings indicate very shallow topsoil before arriving at the highly desirable mineral resources. Transportation is readily available by truck, rail, and barge along the nearby Tombigbee and Tennessee Rivers. Sprawling metropolitan areas, such as Nashville, Huntsville, and Birmingham, are within a short drive of the property. Multiple other mining operations have been in existence for nearly half a century within a few miles of the property. The area is well known for being government-friendly to sub-surface mining.

This listing is a co-marketing effort with Peoples Company.