THE GRAHAM COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Metasedimentary Mountains setting.
Graham County has 292 square miles of land in North Carolina. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Graham County: Southern Metasedimentary Mountains, High Mountains.
Forested ridges, plateaus and high mountains extend through the Blue Ridge. Elevation, rainfall and sheltered coves create marked differences in forest communities across short distances.
Regional context: Blue Ridge ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Graham County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Metasedimentary Mountains96.8%
- High Mountains3.2%
Finding your parcel within Graham County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Graham County, including Robbinsville, Fontana Dam, Lake Santeetlah. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Graham County by land and water
The Census records 9.67 square miles of water within Graham County, or 3.2% of its total area. That share is close to Graham County’s 3.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Graham County has 439.7 times the land area of nearby Robbinsville town (0.66 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cherokee County, Macon County, Swain County within North Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

