THE YEMASSEE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Carolina Flatwoods setting.
Yemassee town has 12.4 square miles of land in Beaufort County, Hampton 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.
Yemassee intersects 2 county geographies: Beaufort County, Hampton County. A Yemassee mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Yemassee by land and water
The Census records 0.11 square miles of water within Yemassee, or 0.9% 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, Yemassee town has 2.8 times the land area of nearby Sheldon CDP (4.35 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

