THE COVINGTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Pine Plains and Hills setting.
Covington County has 1,030.6 square miles of land in Alabama. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Covington County: Southern Pine Plains and Hills, Dougherty Plain, Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, 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
Covington County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Pine Plains and Hills63.2%
- Dougherty Plain28.8%
- Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain6.1%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces1.8%
Finding your parcel within Covington County
The atlas lists 14 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Covington County, including Opp, Andalusia, Babbie. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Covington County by land and water
The Census records 13.2 square miles of water within Covington County, or 1.3% of its total area. That share is close to Covington County’s 1.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Covington County has 1,981.9 times the land area of nearby Libertyville town (0.52 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Butler County, Coffee County, Conecuh County, Crenshaw County, Escambia County, Geneva County within Alabama. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

