THE ROBESON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Atlantic Southern Loam Plains setting.
Robeson County has 947.3 square miles of land in North Carolina. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Robeson County: Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces.
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
Robeson County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains83.2%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces16.8%
Finding your parcel within Robeson County
The atlas lists 22 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Robeson County, including Lumberton, Elrod, Raemon. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Robeson County by land and water
The Census records 1.95 square miles of water within Robeson County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Robeson County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Robeson County has 52 times the land area of nearby Lumberton city (18.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bladen County, Columbus County, Cumberland County, Hoke County, Scotland County within North Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

