THE DECATUR COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dougherty Plain setting.
Decatur County has 597.2 square miles of land in Georgia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Decatur County: Dougherty Plain, Tifton Upland, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces.
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
Decatur County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Dougherty Plain51.5%
- Tifton Upland39.9%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces8.6%
Finding your parcel within Decatur County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Decatur County, including Bainbridge, Faceville, Brinson. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Decatur County by land and water
The Census records 25.9 square miles of water within Decatur County, or 4.2% of its total area. That share is close to Decatur County’s 4.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Decatur County has 29.2 times the land area of nearby Bainbridge city (20.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Baker County, Grady County, Miller County, Mitchell County, Seminole County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.