THE EDISTO BEACH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh setting.
Edisto Beach town has 2.13 square miles of land in Colleton County. Its Census reference point is in Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh, within Southern Coastal Plain.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Edisto Beach and Colleton County
Edisto Beach is associated with Colleton County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Edisto Beach by land and water
The Census records 0.19 square miles of water within Edisto Beach, or 8.1% of its total area. It is 1.4 percentage points higher than the 6.7% recorded for Colleton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Edisto Beach town has 35.9% of the land area of nearby Seabrook Island town (5.94 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

