THE BALDWIN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Pine Plains and Hills setting.
Baldwin County has 1,589.9 square miles of land in Alabama. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Baldwin County: Southern Pine Plains and Hills, Gulf Coast Flatwoods, Floodplains and Low Terraces, among others.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Baldwin County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Pine Plains and Hills72.3%
- Gulf Coast Flatwoods8.1%
- Floodplains and Low Terraces7.7%
- Gulf Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes6.6%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces5.3%
Southern Coastal Plain in Baldwin County
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Baldwin County
The atlas lists 20 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Baldwin County, including Foley, Spanish Fort, Loxley. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Baldwin County by land and water
The Census records 437.3 square miles of water within Baldwin County, or 21.6% of its total area. That share is close to Baldwin County’s 21.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Baldwin County has 49.8 times the land area of nearby Loxley city (31.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Clarke County, Escambia County, Mobile County, Monroe County, Washington County within Alabama. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

