THE MARTIN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods setting.
Martin County has 456.4 square miles of land in North Carolina. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Martin County: Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods, Mid-Atlantic 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
Martin County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods85%
- Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces15%
Finding your parcel within Martin County
The atlas lists 9 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Martin County, including Williamston, Jamesville, Robersonville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Martin County by land and water
The Census records 0.29 square miles of water within Martin County, or 0.1% of its total area. That share is close to Martin County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Martin County has 101.2 times the land area of nearby Williamston town (4.51 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Beaufort County, Bertie County, Edgecombe County, Halifax County, Pitt County, Washington County within North Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

