THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods setting.
Southampton County has 599.2 square miles of land in Virginia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Southampton County: Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods, Rolling 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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Southampton County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods53.8%
- Rolling Coastal Plain46.2%
Southeastern Plains in Southampton 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 Southampton County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Southampton County, including Sedley, Ivor, Courtland. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Southampton County by land and water
The Census records 3.12 square miles of water within Southampton County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Southampton County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Southampton County has 653.5 times the land area of nearby Courtland town (0.92 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Franklin city, Greensville County, Isle of Wight County, Suffolk city, Surry County, Sussex County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

