THE WASHINGTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes setting.
Washington County has 346.5 square miles of land in North Carolina. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Washington County: Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes, Swamps and Peatlands, Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods, among others.
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
Washington County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes48.3%
- Swamps and Peatlands35.4%
- Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods13.7%
- Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces2.5%
Finding your parcel within Washington County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Washington County, including Plymouth, Roper, Creswell. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Washington County by land and water
The Census records 75.4 square miles of water within Washington County, or 17.9% of its total area. That share is close to Washington County’s 17.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Washington County has 404.8 times the land area of nearby Roper town (0.86 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Beaufort County, Bertie County, Chowan County, Hyde County, Martin County, Perquimans County, Tyrrell County within North Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

