THE MCINTOSH COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh setting.
McIntosh County has 431.3 square miles of land in Georgia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across McIntosh County: Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh, Sea Island Flatwoods, Floodplains and Low Terraces.
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
McIntosh County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh58.6%
- Sea Island Flatwoods33.4%
- Floodplains and Low Terraces8%
Finding your parcel within McIntosh County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with McIntosh County, including Darien, Crescent, Eulonia. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
McIntosh County by land and water
The Census records 142.5 square miles of water within McIntosh County, or 24.8% of its total area. That share is close to McIntosh County’s 24.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, McIntosh County has 94.6 times the land area of nearby Crescent CDP (4.56 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Glynn County, Liberty County, Long County, Wayne County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

