THE JENKINS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Atlantic Southern Loam Plains setting.
Jenkins County has 347.4 square miles of land in Georgia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Jenkins County: Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, 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
Jenkins County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains89.9%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces10.1%
Finding your parcel within Jenkins County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Jenkins County, including Millen, Perkins. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Jenkins County by land and water
The Census records 5.1 square miles of water within Jenkins County, or 1.4% of its total area. That share is close to Jenkins County’s 1.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Jenkins County has 97.1 times the land area of nearby Millen city (3.58 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bulloch County, Burke County, Emanuel County, Screven County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

