THE BIBB COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Fall Line Hills setting.
Bibb County has 622.5 square miles of land in Alabama. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Bibb County: Fall Line Hills, Southern Sandstone Ridges, Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills, 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
Bibb County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Fall Line Hills61.6%
- Southern Sandstone Ridges18.3%
- Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills15.1%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces5%
Ridge and Valley in Bibb County
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Bibb County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Bibb County, including Vance, Centreville, Brent. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Bibb County by land and water
The Census records 3.7 square miles of water within Bibb County, or 0.6% of its total area. That share is close to Bibb County’s 0.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bibb County has 65.9 times the land area of nearby Centreville city (9.45 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Chilton County, Hale County, Jefferson County, Perry County, Shelby County, Tuscaloosa County within Alabama. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

