THE ANDERSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills setting.
Anderson County has 337.2 square miles of land in Tennessee. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Anderson County: Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills, Dissected Appalachian Plateau, Southern Dissected Ridges and Knobs, among others.
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Regional context: Ridge and Valley ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Anderson County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills45.4%
- Dissected Appalachian Plateau35.3%
- Southern Dissected Ridges and Knobs19.1%
- Cumberland Plateau0.2%
Central Appalachians in Anderson County
A rugged, deeply cut plateau of sandstone, shale and related rocks supports extensive forest. High hills and low mountains distinguish this Appalachian landscape from smoother neighboring regions.
Read the regional source ↗Southwestern Appalachians in Anderson County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Anderson County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Anderson County, including Oak Ridge, Clinton, Norris. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Anderson County by land and water
The Census records 7.59 square miles of water within Anderson County, or 2.2% of its total area. That share is close to Anderson County’s 2.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Anderson County has 29 times the land area of nearby Clinton city (11.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Campbell County, Knox County, Morgan County, Roane County, Scott County, Union County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

