THE TURNER COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tifton Upland setting.
Turner County has 285.4 square miles of land in Georgia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Turner County: Tifton Upland, Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Dougherty Plain.
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
Turner County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Tifton Upland96%
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains3.7%
- Dougherty Plain0.3%
Finding your parcel within Turner County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Turner County, including Ashburn, Sycamore, Rebecca. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Turner County by land and water
The Census records 4.54 square miles of water within Turner County, or 1.6% of its total area. That share is close to Turner County’s 1.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Turner County has 60.1 times the land area of nearby Ashburn city (4.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Ben Hill County, Crisp County, Irwin County, Tift County, Wilcox County, Worth County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

