THE RIDGELAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Carolina Flatwoods setting.
Ridgeland town has 48.3 square miles of land in Beaufort County, Jasper County. Its Census reference point is in Carolina Flatwoods, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
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 ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Ridgeland intersects 2 county geographies: Beaufort County, Jasper County. A Ridgeland mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Ridgeland by land and water
The Census records 0.47 square miles of water within Ridgeland, or 1% of its total area. It is 5.2 percentage points lower than the 6.1% recorded for South Carolina. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ridgeland town has 11.6 times the land area of nearby Laurel Bay CDP (4.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

