THE SCHLEY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sand Hills setting.
Schley County has 166.9 square miles of land in Georgia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Schley County: Sand Hills, Coastal Plain Red Uplands.
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
Schley County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Sand Hills57.4%
- Coastal Plain Red Uplands42.6%
Finding your parcel within Schley County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Schley County, including Ellaville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Schley County by land and water
The Census records 0.92 square miles of water within Schley County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Schley County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Schley County has 52.8 times the land area of nearby Ellaville city (3.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Macon County, Marion County, Sumter County, Taylor County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

