THE CLARKSTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Outer Piedmont setting.
Clarkston city has 1.85 square miles of land in DeKalb 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
Clarkston and DeKalb County
Clarkston is associated with DeKalb 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.
Clarkston by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Clarkston, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 1.3% recorded for DeKalb County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clarkston city has 55.4% of the land area of nearby Scottdale CDP (3.33 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

