THE HOLMES COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dougherty Plain setting.
Holmes County has 478.9 square miles of land in Florida. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Holmes County: Dougherty Plain, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces, Southern Pine Plains and 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
Holmes County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Dougherty Plain92.4%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces6%
- Southern Pine Plains and Hills1.6%
Finding your parcel within Holmes County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Holmes County, including Westville, Ponce de Leon, Bonifay. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Holmes County by land and water
The Census records 10.2 square miles of water within Holmes County, or 2.1% of its total area. That share is close to Holmes County’s 2.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Holmes County has 66.4 times the land area of nearby Westville town (7.22 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Jackson County, Walton County, Washington County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

