THE CARLTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Outer Piedmont setting.
Carlton city has 1.01 square miles of land in Madison County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Outer Piedmont, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Carlton and Madison County
Carlton is associated with Madison County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Carlton by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Carlton, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points lower than the 1.1% recorded for Madison County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Carlton city has 31.1% of the land area of nearby Comer city (3.24 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

