THE MARTIN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Florida Flatwoods setting.
Martin County has 543.9 square miles of land in Florida. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Martin County: Eastern Florida Flatwoods, Everglades.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Martin County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Florida Flatwoods83%
- Everglades17%
Southern Florida Coastal Plain in Martin County
Very low-relief southern Florida terrain includes marsh, swamp, Everglades and palmetto-prairie settings. Small elevation differences can correspond to substantial changes in vegetation and water conditions.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Martin County
The atlas lists 11 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Martin County, including Indiantown, Palm City, Stuart. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Martin County by land and water
The Census records 209.3 square miles of water within Martin County, or 27.8% of its total area. That share is close to Martin County’s 27.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Martin County has 37.6 times the land area of nearby Indiantown village (14.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Glades County, Hendry County, Okeechobee County, Palm Beach County, St. Lucie County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

