THE COFFEE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Atlantic Southern Loam Plains setting.
Coffee County has 592.3 square miles of land in Georgia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Coffee County: Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Bacon Terraces, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces, among others.
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
Coffee County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains65.3%
- Bacon Terraces32.2%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces1.8%
- Okefenokee Plains0.7%
Southern Coastal Plain in Coffee 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 Coffee County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Coffee County, including Douglas, Broxton, Ambrose. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Coffee County by land and water
The Census records 10.4 square miles of water within Coffee County, or 1.7% of its total area. That share is close to Coffee County’s 1.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Coffee County has 41 times the land area of nearby Douglas city (14.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Atkinson County, Bacon County, Ben Hill County, Berrien County, Irwin County, Jeff Davis County, Telfair County, Ware County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

