THE ADAMSVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Shale Hills setting.
Adamsville city has 26.2 square miles of land in Jefferson County. Its Census reference point is in Shale Hills, within Southwestern Appalachians.
Open low mountains and plateau edges form a landscape of wooded uplands and deeper ravines. Escarpments mark the transition toward both the Ridge and Valley and the Interior Plateau.
Regional context: Southwestern Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Adamsville and Jefferson County
Adamsville is associated with Jefferson County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Adamsville by land and water
The Census records 0.21 square miles of water within Adamsville, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 1.1% recorded for Jefferson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Adamsville city has 1.6 times the land area of nearby Graysville city (16.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

