Georgia's Piedmont Region: Complete County List
53 Counties Defining North-Central Georgia
The Piedmont region stretches across the foothills of the Appalachians, characterized by rolling hills, red clay soils, and the state's major urban centres. Below is the comprehensive list of counties wholly or partially within the Piedmont physiographic province:
- Banks
- Barrow
- Butts
- Carroll
- Cherokee
- Clarke
- Clayton
- Coweta
- Dawson
- DeKalb
- Douglas
- Elbert
- Fayette
- Forsyth
- Franklin
- Fulton
- Gwinnett
- Habersham
- Hall
- Hancock
- Haralson
- Heard
- Henry
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Jefferson
- Jones
- Lamar
- Lincoln
- Madison
- Meriwether
- Monroe
- Morgan
- Newton
- Oconee
- Oglethorpe
- Paulding
- Pickens
- Pike
- Polk
- Putnam
- Rockdale
- Spalding
- Stephens
- Talbot
- Troup
- Upson
- Walton
- Warren
- White
Key Features
- Atlanta metro: Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb (partial), Clayton, Cherokee, Forsyth, Henry, Rockdale, Douglas, Fayette, Coweta.
- College towns: Clarke (Athens/UGA), Hall (Gainesville), Clarke/Oconee.
- Manufacturing/logistics: Carroll, Bartow (adjacent), Whitfield (adjacent – carpet capital).
- Fall Line cities: Columbus (Muscogee – just south), Macon (Bibb – just south), Augusta (Richmond – just east).
Boundaries are approximate; some counties (e.g., Habersham, White, Stephens) transition into the Blue Ridge Mountains. For precise zoning, consult the Georgia GIS Data Repository.
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