THE TOWNS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Crystalline Ridges and Mountains setting.
Towns County has 166.6 square miles of land in Georgia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Towns County: Southern Crystalline Ridges and Mountains, Broad Basins.
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.
Regional context: Blue Ridge ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Towns County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Crystalline Ridges and Mountains76.6%
- Broad Basins23.4%
Finding your parcel within Towns County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Towns County, including Hiawassee, Tate City, Young Harris. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Towns County by land and water
The Census records 5.19 square miles of water within Towns County, or 3% of its total area. That share is close to Towns County’s 3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Towns County has 99.4 times the land area of nearby Hiawassee city (1.68 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Habersham County, Rabun County, Union County, White County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

