THE GREENVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods setting.
Greenville city has 38.3 square miles of land in Pitt County. Its Census reference point is in Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Greenville and Pitt County
Greenville is associated with Pitt County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Greenville by land and water
The Census records 0.76 square miles of water within Greenville, or 2% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Pitt County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Greenville city has 7.8 times the land area of nearby Winterville town (4.93 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

