THE BROOKS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tifton Upland setting.
Brooks County has 493.2 square miles of land in Georgia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Brooks County: Tifton Upland, Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink.
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
Brooks County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Tifton Upland77.2%
- Tallahasee Hills/Valdosta Limesink22.8%
Finding your parcel within Brooks County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Brooks County, including Quitman, Pavo, Morven. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Brooks County by land and water
The Census records 4.62 square miles of water within Brooks County, or 0.9% of its total area. That share is close to Brooks County’s 0.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Brooks County has 119.5 times the land area of nearby Quitman city (4.13 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Colquitt County, Cook County, Lowndes County, Thomas County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

