THE LAWRENCE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Highland Rim setting.
Lawrence County has 690.7 square miles of land in Alabama. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Lawrence County: Eastern Highland Rim, Dissected Plateau, Little Mountain, among others.
Open hills, irregular plains and tablelands are developed on limestone and other sedimentary rocks. Oak-hickory woodland, local prairie and cedar-glade settings contribute to this diverse inland plateau.
Regional context: Interior Plateau ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Lawrence County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Highland Rim54.1%
- Dissected Plateau25.2%
- Little Mountain20.4%
- Southern Table Plateaus0.3%
Southwestern Appalachians in Lawrence County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Lawrence County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lawrence County, including Moulton, Trinity, Courtland. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lawrence County by land and water
The Census records 26.5 square miles of water within Lawrence County, or 3.7% of its total area. That share is close to Lawrence County’s 3.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lawrence County has 115.2 times the land area of nearby Moulton city (5.99 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Colbert County, Cullman County, Franklin County, Lauderdale County, Limestone County, Morgan County, Winston County within Alabama. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

