THE BERRIEN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tifton Upland setting.
Berrien County has 453.4 square miles of land in Georgia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Berrien County: Tifton Upland, Okefenokee Plains, Atlantic Southern Loam Plains.
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.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Berrien County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Tifton Upland48.2%
- Okefenokee Plains36%
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains15.8%
Southern Coastal Plain in Berrien County
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Berrien County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Berrien County, including Nashville, Enigma, Ray City. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Berrien County by land and water
The Census records 4.51 square miles of water within Berrien County, or 1% of its total area. That share is close to Berrien County’s 1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Berrien County has 88.8 times the land area of nearby Nashville city (5.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Atkinson County, Coffee County, Cook County, Irwin County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, Tift County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

