THE COWARTS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dougherty Plain setting.
Cowarts town has 7.65 square miles of land in Houston County. Its Census reference point is in Dougherty Plain, within Southeastern 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 ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cowarts and Houston County
Cowarts is associated with Houston County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Cowarts by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within Cowarts, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points higher than the 0.3% recorded for Houston County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cowarts town has 3.2 times the land area of nearby Avon town (2.36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

