THE MITCHELL COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dougherty Plain setting.
Mitchell County has 512.2 square miles of land in Georgia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Mitchell County: Dougherty Plain, Tifton Upland, 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
Mitchell County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Dougherty Plain65.4%
- Tifton Upland31.4%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces3.3%
Finding your parcel within Mitchell County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Mitchell County, including Camilla, Pelham, Baconton. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Mitchell County by land and water
The Census records 1.67 square miles of water within Mitchell County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Mitchell County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mitchell County has 77.6 times the land area of nearby Camilla city (6.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Baker County, Colquitt County, Decatur County, Dougherty County, Grady County, Thomas County, Worth County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

