THE BARTOW COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills setting.
Bartow County has 458.9 square miles of land in Georgia. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Bartow County: Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills, Southern Shale Valleys, Southern Metasedimentary Mountains, among others.
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Regional context: Ridge and Valley ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Bartow County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills59.9%
- Southern Shale Valleys18.2%
- Southern Metasedimentary Mountains16.7%
- Talladega Upland4%
- Southern Inner Piedmont1.2%
Blue Ridge in Bartow County
Forested ridges, plateaus and high mountains extend through the Blue Ridge. Elevation, rainfall and sheltered coves create marked differences in forest communities across short distances.
Read the regional source ↗Piedmont in Bartow County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Bartow County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Bartow County, including Cartersville, Adairsville, Emerson. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Bartow County by land and water
The Census records 10.6 square miles of water within Bartow County, or 2.3% of its total area. That share is close to Bartow County’s 2.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bartow County has 16 times the land area of nearby Cartersville city (28.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cherokee County, Cobb County, Floyd County, Gordon County, Paulding County, Pickens County, Polk County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

