THE PAWLEYS ISLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh setting.
Pawleys Island town has 0.7 square miles of land in Georgetown 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
Pawleys Island and Georgetown County
Pawleys Island is associated with Georgetown 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.
Pawleys Island by land and water
The Census records 0.29 square miles of water within Pawleys Island, or 29.3% of its total area. It is 8.6 percentage points higher than the 20.7% recorded for Georgetown County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pawleys Island town has 6.2% of the land area of nearby Litchfield Beach CDP (11.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

