THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Atlantic Southern Loam Plains setting.
Montgomery County has 241.1 square miles of land in Georgia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Montgomery 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
Montgomery County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains86.7%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces13.3%
Finding your parcel within Montgomery County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Montgomery County, including Vidalia, Mount Vernon, Higgston. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Montgomery County by land and water
The Census records 3.55 square miles of water within Montgomery County, or 1.5% of its total area. That share is close to Montgomery County’s 1.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Montgomery County has 111.7 times the land area of nearby Ailey city (2.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Jeff Davis County, Toombs County, Treutlen County, Wheeler County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

