THE FLORENCE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Carolina Flatwoods setting.
Florence County has 800.5 square miles of land in South Carolina. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Florence County: Carolina Flatwoods, Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces, among others.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Florence County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Carolina Flatwoods62.1%
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains28.8%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces4.9%
- Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces4.3%
Southeastern Plains in Florence County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Florence County
The atlas lists 10 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Florence County, including Florence, Lake City, Coward. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Florence County by land and water
The Census records 3.82 square miles of water within Florence County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Florence County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Florence County has 247.7 times the land area of nearby Coward town (3.23 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Clarendon County, Darlington County, Dillon County, Lee County, Marion County, Marlboro 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.

