THE CLARENDON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Atlantic Southern Loam Plains setting.
Clarendon County has 607.2 square miles of land in South Carolina. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Clarendon County: Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Carolina Flatwoods, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces, among others.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Clarendon County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains42.9%
- Carolina Flatwoods28.9%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces21%
- Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces7.2%
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain in Clarendon County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Clarendon County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Clarendon County, including Wyboo, North Santee, Alcolu. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Clarendon County by land and water
The Census records 88.5 square miles of water within Clarendon County, or 12.7% of its total area. That share is close to Clarendon County’s 12.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clarendon County has 206.9 times the land area of nearby Manning city (2.94 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Berkeley County, Calhoun County, Florence County, Orangeburg County, Sumter County, Williamsburg County within South Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

