THE MORGAN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Highland Rim setting.
Morgan County has 579.7 square miles of land in Alabama. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Morgan County: Eastern Highland Rim, Plateau Escarpment, 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
Morgan County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Highland Rim47.4%
- Plateau Escarpment21.9%
- Little Mountain21.2%
- Southern Table Plateaus9.5%
Southwestern Appalachians in Morgan 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 Morgan County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Morgan County, including Huntsville, Decatur, Hartselle. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Morgan County by land and water
The Census records 19.4 square miles of water within Morgan County, or 3.2% of its total area. That share is close to Morgan County’s 3.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Morgan County has 166.9 times the land area of nearby Somerville town (3.47 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cullman County, Lawrence County, Limestone County, Madison County, Marshall County within Alabama. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

