THE WASHINGTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Pine Plains and Hills setting.
Washington County has 1,080.3 square miles of land in Alabama. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Washington County: Southern Pine Plains and Hills, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces, Buhrstone/Lime Hills.
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
Washington County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Pine Plains and Hills83.8%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces10.5%
- Buhrstone/Lime Hills5.8%
Finding your parcel within Washington County
The atlas lists 15 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Washington County, including Leroy, Chatom, St. Stephens. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Washington County by land and water
The Census records 8.31 square miles of water within Washington County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Washington County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Washington County has 617.6 times the land area of nearby Tibbie CDP (1.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Baldwin County, Choctaw County, Clarke County, Mobile County within Alabama. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

