THE WASHINGTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Coastal Plain Red Uplands setting.
Washington County has 678.5 square miles of land in Georgia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Washington County: Coastal Plain Red Uplands, Sand Hills, Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, among others.
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
Washington County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Coastal Plain Red Uplands75.5%
- Sand Hills15.9%
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains5.7%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces2.9%
Finding your parcel within Washington County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Washington County, including Sandersville, Davisboro, Tennille. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Washington County by land and water
The Census records 5.83 square miles of water within Washington County, or 0.9% of its total area. That share is close to Washington County’s 0.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Washington County has 54 times the land area of nearby Sandersville city (12.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Baldwin County, Glascock County, Hancock County, Jefferson County, Johnson County, Wilkinson County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.