THE QUITMAN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Quitman County has 151.2 square miles of land in Georgia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Quitman County: Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, 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
Quitman County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain95.7%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces4.3%
Finding your parcel within Quitman County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Quitman County, including Georgetown-Quitman County. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Quitman County by land and water
The Census records 9.32 square miles of water within Quitman County, or 5.8% of its total area. That share is close to Quitman County’s 5.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Clay County, Randolph County, Stewart County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

