THE MURRAY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Shale Valleys setting.
Murray County has 344.5 square miles of land in Georgia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Murray County: Southern Shale Valleys, Southern Metasedimentary Mountains, Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills, among others.
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Regional context: Ridge and Valley ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Murray County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Shale Valleys40%
- Southern Metasedimentary Mountains36.2%
- Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills21.2%
- Southern Dissected Ridges and Knobs2.7%
Blue Ridge in Murray County
Forested ridges, plateaus and high mountains extend through the Blue Ridge. Elevation, rainfall and sheltered coves create marked differences in forest communities across short distances.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Murray County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Murray County, including Chatsworth, Eton. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Murray County by land and water
The Census records 2.21 square miles of water within Murray County, or 0.6% of its total area. That share is close to Murray County’s 0.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Murray County has 269.1 times the land area of nearby Eton city (1.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Fannin County, Gilmer County, Gordon County, Whitfield County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

