THE SCOTLAND COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Atlantic Southern Loam Plains setting.
Scotland County has 319.1 square miles of land in North Carolina. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Scotland County: Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Sand Hills, 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
Scotland County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains59.2%
- Sand Hills37.2%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces3.6%
Finding your parcel within Scotland County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Scotland County, including Laurinburg, Maxton, Laurel Hill. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Scotland County by land and water
The Census records 1.48 square miles of water within Scotland County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Scotland County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Scotland County has 133.1 times the land area of nearby Laurel Hill CDP (2.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Hoke County, Moore County, Richmond County, Robeson County within North Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

