THE MONROE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Pine Plains and Hills setting.
Monroe County has 1,025.7 square miles of land in Alabama. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Monroe County: Southern Pine Plains and Hills, Buhrstone/Lime Hills, 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
Monroe County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Pine Plains and Hills34%
- Buhrstone/Lime Hills33.5%
- Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain21.9%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces10.6%
Finding your parcel within Monroe County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Monroe County, including Monroeville, Frisco City, Excel. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Monroe County by land and water
The Census records 8.73 square miles of water within Monroe County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Monroe County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Monroe County has 76.8 times the land area of nearby Monroeville city (13.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Baldwin County, Butler County, Clarke County, Conecuh County, Escambia County, Wilcox County within Alabama. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

