THE TERRELL COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dougherty Plain setting.
Terrell County has 335.8 square miles of land in Georgia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Terrell County: Dougherty Plain, 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
Terrell County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Dougherty Plain83.7%
- Coastal Plain Red Uplands16.3%
Finding your parcel within Terrell County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Terrell County, including Dawson, Bronwood, Sasser. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Terrell County by land and water
The Census records 1.91 square miles of water within Terrell County, or 0.6% of its total area. That share is close to Terrell County’s 0.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Terrell County has 89.5 times the land area of nearby Dawson city (3.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Calhoun County, Dougherty County, Lee County, Randolph County, Sumter County, Webster County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

