THE DUNWOODY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Inner Piedmont setting.
Dunwoody city has 13 square miles of land in DeKalb County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Inner 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
Dunwoody and DeKalb County
Dunwoody 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.
Dunwoody by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Dunwoody, or 1.7% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points higher 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, Dunwoody city has 34.5% of the land area of nearby Sandy Springs city (37.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

