THE GILMER COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Metasedimentary Mountains setting.
Gilmer County has 426.2 square miles of land in Georgia. The mapped landscape region in Gilmer County is Southern Metasedimentary Mountains.
Forested ridges, plateaus and high mountains extend through the Blue Ridge. Elevation, rainfall and sheltered coves create marked differences in forest communities across short distances.
Regional context: Blue Ridge ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within Gilmer County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Gilmer County, including Ellijay, East Ellijay, Cherry Log. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Gilmer County by land and water
The Census records 4.76 square miles of water within Gilmer County, or 1.1% of its total area. That share is close to Gilmer County’s 1.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gilmer County has 117.8 times the land area of nearby Ellijay city (3.62 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Dawson County, Fannin County, Gordon County, Murray County, Pickens County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

