THE LONG COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sea Island Flatwoods setting.
Long County has 400.4 square miles of land in Georgia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Long County: Sea Island Flatwoods, Floodplains and Low Terraces, Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, among others.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Long County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Sea Island Flatwoods84.1%
- Floodplains and Low Terraces13.1%
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains2.2%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces0.5%
Southeastern Plains in Long County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Long County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Long County, including Ludowici. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Long County by land and water
The Census records 3.42 square miles of water within Long County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Long County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Long County has 139.5 times the land area of nearby Ludowici city (2.87 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Liberty County, McIntosh County, Tattnall County, Wayne County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

