THE JEFFERSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Coastal Plain Red Uplands setting.
Jefferson County has 526.6 square miles of land in Georgia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Jefferson County: Coastal Plain Red Uplands, Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Sand Hills, 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
Jefferson County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Coastal Plain Red Uplands61.4%
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains26.1%
- Sand Hills12%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces0.6%
Finding your parcel within Jefferson County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Jefferson County, including Wadley, Louisville, Matthews. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Jefferson County by land and water
The Census records 3.11 square miles of water within Jefferson County, or 0.6% of its total area. That share is close to Jefferson County’s 0.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Jefferson County has 145.8 times the land area of nearby Louisville city (3.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Burke County, Emanuel County, Glascock County, Johnson County, McDuffie County, Richmond County, Warren County, Washington County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

