THE BERTIE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods setting.
Bertie County has 699.2 square miles of land in North Carolina. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Bertie County: Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods, Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Bertie County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods63%
- Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces36.6%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces0.4%
Southeastern Plains in Bertie County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Bertie County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Bertie County, including Windsor, Lewiston Woodville, Aulander. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Bertie County by land and water
The Census records 42.1 square miles of water within Bertie County, or 5.7% of its total area. That share is close to Bertie County’s 5.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bertie County has 1,181 times the land area of nearby Askewville town (0.59 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Chowan County, Halifax County, Hertford County, Martin County, Northampton County, Washington County within North Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

