THE DOOLY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dougherty Plain setting.
Dooly County has 392.6 square miles of land in Georgia. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Dooly County: Dougherty Plain, Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Coastal Plain Red Uplands, 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
Dooly County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Dougherty Plain42%
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains41.5%
- Coastal Plain Red Uplands9.3%
- Tifton Upland4%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces3.2%
Finding your parcel within Dooly County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Dooly County, including Unadilla, Vienna, Pinehurst. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Dooly County by land and water
The Census records 4.69 square miles of water within Dooly County, or 1.2% of its total area. That share is close to Dooly County’s 1.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dooly County has 652.2 times the land area of nearby Lilly city (0.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Crisp County, Houston County, Macon County, Pulaski County, Sumter County, Wilcox County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.