THE PINELLAS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southwestern Florida Flatwoods setting.
Pinellas County has 273.8 square miles of land in Florida. The mapped landscape region in Pinellas County is Southwestern Florida Flatwoods.
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
Finding your parcel within Pinellas County
The atlas lists 37 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Pinellas County, including St. Petersburg, East Lake, Clearwater. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Pinellas County by land and water
The Census records 593 square miles of water within Pinellas County, or 68.4% of its total area. That share is close to Pinellas County’s 68.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pinellas County has 308.3 times the land area of nearby Ridgecrest CDP (0.89 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Hillsborough County, Pasco County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

