THE CHARLTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sea Island Flatwoods setting.
Charlton County has 780.1 square miles of land in Georgia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Charlton County: Sea Island Flatwoods, Okefenokee Swamp, Okefenokee 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
Charlton County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Sea Island Flatwoods54.3%
- Okefenokee Swamp37.3%
- Okefenokee Plains8.4%
Finding your parcel within Charlton County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Charlton County, including Folkston, Homeland. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Charlton County by land and water
The Census records 2.3 square miles of water within Charlton County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Charlton County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Charlton County has 186.3 times the land area of nearby Folkston city (4.19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Brantley County, Camden County, Ware County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

