A 65-Acre Working Farm With Its Own U-Pick Blueberry Patch in McNairy County
$849,900
Selmer sits in McNairy County, in the gentle farm country of southwest Tennessee — 65 acres of cross-fenced, self-sufficient farmstead land bordered by Cypress Creek and reached by a private, heavy-duty bridge over year-round Sandy Creek, with the home tucked 1,100 feet back from the road.
This is a genuine working farm, and it's raised the full range over the years — sheep, goats, pigs, cows, chickens, geese, and ducks. Roughly 29 acres are cross-fenced hay fields, and the infrastructure is all in place: a 24×40 metal ag barn, a 4-stall horse barn, a vented chicken coop, a large garden, natural year-round springs, and a stocked front pond. The income is real, too — a thriving 325-bush U-Pick blueberry patch that brings in $4,000+ a season, plus mature peach and apple orchards. The 2001 brick home is as dialed-in as the land: 4 bedrooms, 2,791 square feet, with a metal roof, grid-tied solar, dual HVAC, and a main-floor wood stove that can heat the whole house. Inside are a granite-island kitchen with wrap-around quartz counters, bamboo floors, a main-floor primary suite, an office, and a vaulted great room with a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace opening to the covered back porch. Out back, a 34-foot pool and a gazebo — and high-speed fiber internet throughout.
Listed at $849,900, offered for sale by owner.
Homestead Potential
Water & Infrastructure
Water is everywhere on this one and it's the backbone of the whole operation: Cypress Creek along one boundary, year-round Sandy Creek at the entrance, natural springs that run all year, and a stocked front pond. That kind of reliable, multi-source water is exactly what makes a farm this self-sufficient actually work — livestock, irrigation, and the blueberry and orchard operations all have a home base. The home is on rural McNairy County utilities, so confirm the well and septic as part of your walk-through; the seller notes buyers should independently verify all information, which on a place with this much infrastructure is just good sense.
Crop & Income Potential
This is the heart of the property. Roughly 29 acres of cross-fenced hay fields, a 325-bush U-Pick blueberry patch already earning $4,000+ a season, and mature peach and apple orchards give you three distinct income streams before you plant a thing. The land has successfully carried sheep, goats, pigs, cows, and poultry, and the barns, coop, and large garden are set up and waiting. West Tennessee's long, warm season and decent soils are kind to hay, berries, and tree fruit alike — this is productive ground with a track record, not just potential.
Sustainability
About as close to turnkey self-sufficiency as it gets. Grid-tied solar trims the power bill, the whole-house wood stove means a hard freeze doesn't leave you dependent on the grid, and the year-round springs give you water security most farms can only wish for. The income diversity — hay, U-Pick berries, orchard fruit — spreads your financial exposure across several seasons and markets. And with fiber internet already run, working or running a farm-stay or U-Pick business from here is genuinely practical, not a someday idea.
The Boundaries
The private bridge and the 1,100-foot setback are a big part of the appeal, so make the access the first thing you nail down — a current survey should confirm the driveway easement and road frontage along with the 65-acre boundary, since a single point of entry over a creek is something you want documented, not assumed. Worth confirming the springs, pond, and both creek corridors sit fully within the legal lines, and checking any TDEC setback rules that apply near Cypress and Sandy Creeks. It's for sale by owner, so budget for your own inspections and title work — the listing is upfront that the buyer verifies everything.
Beyond the Property Line
Local Flavor & Small-Town Character
Selmer is the McNairy County seat, a working southwest-Tennessee town of about 4,500 that sits right on the Rockabilly Highway — US 45, the road that carried Elvis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash between Memphis and the northern clubs. The town throws the annual Rockabilly Highway Revival festival each spring, and nearby Adamsville is home to the Buford Pusser Home and Museum, the real-life sheriff behind the movie "Walking Tall." It's a genuine agricultural community — feed stores, a livestock market, and full county services, with Memphis about 90 minutes west.
Agricultural Resources & Neighbor Networks
University of Tennessee Extension keeps a McNairy County office with programs squarely aimed at operations like this one — pasture and hay management, small-fruit and orchard production, and small-livestock support. The county sits in a productive West Tennessee ag belt of cattle, hay, cotton, and soybeans, so the co-ops, large-animal vets, and equipment dealers a working farm depends on are all close at hand. The USDA Farm Service Agency and NRCS county offices offer conservation and cost-share programs well suited to cross-fenced, creek-fed acreage.
Outdoor Recreation & Natural Surroundings
Big Hill Pond State Park, south of Selmer, offers hiking, a 165-acre lake, and a boardwalk over the Travis McNatt cypress bottoms — quiet, close, and genuinely scenic. Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River, about 40 minutes east, is one of the region's premier boating and bass-fishing destinations, and Shiloh National Military Park sits along the same stretch of river for history and riverside trails. Between the state park, the lake, and the surrounding farm country, it's an easygoing outdoor calendar year-round.
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