The Southern Piedmont is a 64,395 square mile, USDA designated Major Land Resource Area (MRLA 136) that extends through Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. It lies as a plateau between the Appalachian Mountains and the Coastal Plain. Counties include: Alabama - Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Shelby, Talladega, Tallpoosa Georgia - Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Dawson, Dekalb, Douglas, Elbert, Fayette, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Madison, McDuffie, Meriwether, Monnroe, Morgan, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Poke, Putnam, Richmond, Rockdale, Spalding, Stephens, Talbot, Taliaferro, Taylor, Troupe, Upson, Walton, Warren, White, Wilkes North Carolina - Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Burke, Caharrus, Caldwell, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Durham, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Iredell, Johnston, Lee, Lincoln, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, Northampton, Orange, Person, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wilson South Carolina - Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union, York Virginia - Albemarle, Amelia, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline, Carroll, Charlotte, Culpeper, Cumberland, Danville, Fauquier, Fluvanna, Goochland, Greensville, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Orange, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Richmond City, Roanoke County, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Sussex Please see the territory outlined in the map below: