THE HERON BAY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Outer Piedmont setting.
Heron Bay CDP has 4.51 square miles of land in Henry County, Spalding 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Heron Bay intersects 2 county geographies: Henry County, Spalding County. A Heron Bay mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Heron Bay by land and water
The Census records 0.38 square miles of water within Heron Bay, or 7.8% of its total area. It is 5 percentage points higher than the 2.9% recorded for Georgia. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Heron Bay CDP has 23.4% of the land area of nearby Locust Grove city (19.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

