THE ATKINSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Okefenokee Plains setting.
Atkinson County has 342.7 square miles of land in Georgia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Atkinson County: Okefenokee Plains, Bacon Terraces, Atlantic Southern Loam Plains.
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
Where the landscape changes
Atkinson County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Okefenokee Plains72.1%
- Bacon Terraces16%
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains11.9%
Southeastern Plains in Atkinson County
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Atkinson County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Atkinson County, including Willacoochee, Pearson, Axson. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Atkinson County by land and water
The Census records 1.81 square miles of water within Atkinson County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Atkinson County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Atkinson County has 102.2 times the land area of nearby Pearson city (3.35 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Berrien County, Clinch County, Coffee County, Lanier County, Ware County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

