THE IREDELL COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Inner Piedmont setting.
Iredell County has 574.5 square miles of land in North Carolina. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Iredell County: Northern Inner Piedmont, Southern Outer Piedmont, Eastern Blue Ridge Foothills.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Iredell County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Inner Piedmont54%
- Southern Outer Piedmont44.7%
- Eastern Blue Ridge Foothills1.3%
Blue Ridge in Iredell County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Iredell County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Iredell County, including Statesville, Mooresville, Lake Norman of Iredell. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Iredell County by land and water
The Census records 22.9 square miles of water within Iredell County, or 3.8% of its total area. That share is close to Iredell County’s 3.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Iredell County has 18.9 times the land area of nearby Statesville city (30.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Alexander County, Cabarrus County, Catawba County, Davie County, Lincoln County, Mecklenburg County, Rowan County, Wilkes County and other counties within North Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

