THE SAMPSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Coastal Plain setting.
Sampson County has 945.9 square miles of land in North Carolina. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Sampson County: Rolling Coastal Plain, Carolina 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
Sampson County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Rolling Coastal Plain83.4%
- Carolina Flatwoods8%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces6%
- Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces2.6%
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain in Sampson 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 ↗Finding your parcel within Sampson County
The atlas lists 18 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Sampson County, including Plain View, Keener, Delway. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Sampson County by land and water
The Census records 1.9 square miles of water within Sampson County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Sampson County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sampson County has 286.1 times the land area of nearby Bonnetsville CDP (3.31 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bladen County, Cumberland County, Duplin County, Harnett County, Johnston County, Pender County, Wayne County within North Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

