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Beaufort County, South Carolina property search

Search an address or an owner in Beaufort County, South Carolina with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 141,418 lots are mapped here, covering 269,293 acres. 27,482 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Beaufort County received $706,000 in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 15 recipients. 4,375 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Canada. Crop insurance paid $62,000 in claims for the 2024 crop year.

141,418
Lots mapped
269,293
Acres
27,482
Institutional

Land use in Beaufort County

Parcels and acreage by land use in Beaufort County, South Carolina
Land useParcelsAcres
ResImp SingleFamily67,75629,104
ResImp CondominiumUnit SglFam16,9084
ResVac Platted&Unplatted12,34819,141
MHImp PlattedLot SeveredMH8,512133
ResVac Resort&GroupCamp4,62342
ResImp TownHseApt4,559233
MHVac UnplattedSite SeveredMH3,9174,327
ResImp TimeShare Condominium2,7880
AgVac Forest2,00946,363
MHImp UnplattedSite1,6241,657
ComImp CondominiumUnit1,52912
CommVac1,1072,302

Largest landowners in Beaufort County

Largest landowners by acreage in Beaufort County, South Carolina
OwnerParcelsAcres
NEMOURS PLANTATION WILDLIFE FOUNDATION % MIKE MCSHANE186,018
BEAUFORT COUNTY4444,690
SUN CITY HILTON HEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC3372,712
PALMETTO BLUFF UPLANDS LLC C/O CRESCENT RESOURCES32,025
TWICKENHAM PLANTATION PROPCO LLC21,891
MAY RIVER FOREST LLC1731,649
CLARENDON FARMS INC161,618
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION11,511
ACKERMAN CHISOLM LLC11,365
STONY CREEK AT BINDON LLC201,348

Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in South Carolina

Federal farm payments in Beaufort County

$706K
Paid in 2025
15
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Beaufort County, South Carolina, 2025
ProgramPaid
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$690K
Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$12K
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$2K
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$2K
Tree Assistance Program$302

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in Beaufort County

4,375
Acres disclosed
5
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Beaufort County, South Carolina, 2024
CountryAcres
Canada3,000
Saudi Arabia1,090
Liechtenstein253
Philippines32

Largest disclosed holders

Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Beaufort County, South Carolina
Holder (country)Acres
WELTON CORP. (CANADA)1,800
ROSE HILL PLANTATION DEVELOPMENT CO. (CANADA)1,200
YAMAMAH, LTD. (SAUDI ARABIA)1,090
JENKINS ISLAND REALTY CORP. (LIECHTENSTEIN)253
CLP TRADING, INC. (PHILIPPINES)32

USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county

Crop insurance in Beaufort County

13
Policies
2,558
Insured acres
$62K
Claims paid
1.03
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Beaufort County, South Carolina, 2024
CropClaims
All Other Crops$62K

USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.

Conservation and the power grid

69
Substations
230 kV
Highest voltage

Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.

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Nearby counties in South Carolina

  • Jasper County20,258
  • Colleton County34,382
  • Hampton County14,871
  • Dorchester County79,828
  • Allendale County7,259
  • Charleston County393,842
  • Bamberg County11,847
  • Berkeley County122,593

All South Carolina counties

This copy of Beaufort County's records was taken on August 12, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.