THE GUNTERSVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Plateau Escarpment setting.
Guntersville city has 25.6 square miles of land in Marshall County. Its Census reference point is in Plateau Escarpment, within Southwestern Appalachians.
Open low mountains and plateau edges form a landscape of wooded uplands and deeper ravines. Escarpments mark the transition toward both the Ridge and Valley and the Interior Plateau.
Regional context: Southwestern Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Guntersville and Marshall County
Guntersville is associated with Marshall 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.
Guntersville by land and water
The Census records 17.1 square miles of water within Guntersville, or 40% of its total area. It is 30.8 percentage points higher than the 9.2% recorded for Marshall County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Guntersville city has 95.1% of the land area of nearby Albertville city (27 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

