THE MARION COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sand Hills setting.
Marion County has 365.7 square miles of land in Georgia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Marion County: Sand Hills, Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Coastal Plain Red Uplands.
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
Marion County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Sand Hills85.9%
- Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain12.7%
- Coastal Plain Red Uplands1.5%
Finding your parcel within Marion County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Marion County, including Buena Vista, Tazewell. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Marion County by land and water
The Census records 1.46 square miles of water within Marion County, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Marion County’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Marion County has 113.6 times the land area of nearby Buena Vista city (3.22 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Chattahoochee County, Schley County, Stewart County, Sumter County, Talbot County, Taylor County, Webster County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

