THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Coastal Plain setting.
Northampton County has 536.7 square miles of land in North Carolina. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Northampton County: Rolling Coastal Plain, Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces, 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
Northampton County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Rolling Coastal Plain52.2%
- Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods29.2%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces10%
- Northern Outer Piedmont8%
- Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces0.5%
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain in Northampton County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Piedmont in Northampton County
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Northampton County
The atlas lists 10 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Northampton County, including Rich Square, Conway, Milwaukee. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Northampton County by land and water
The Census records 13.8 square miles of water within Northampton County, or 2.5% of its total area. That share is close to Northampton County’s 2.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Northampton County has 531.4 times the land area of nearby Jackson town (1.01 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bertie County, Halifax County, Hertford County, Warren County within North Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

