THE COVINGTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Covington County has 413.8 square miles of land in Mississippi. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Covington County: Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain, Southern Pine Plains and Hills.
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
Covington County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain96.9%
- Southern Pine Plains and Hills3.1%
Finding your parcel within Covington County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Covington County, including Collins, Mount Olive, Seminary. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Covington County by land and water
The Census records 1.11 square miles of water within Covington County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Covington County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Covington County has 52 times the land area of nearby Collins city (7.96 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Forrest County, Jefferson Davis County, Jones County, Lamar County, Simpson County, Smith County within Mississippi. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

