THE BLOUNT COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills setting.
Blount County has 558.8 square miles of land in Tennessee. 8 mapped landscape regions meet across Blount County: Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills, Southern Metasedimentary Mountains, Southern Shale Valleys, 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
Blount County intersects 8 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills32.9%
- Southern Metasedimentary Mountains32.9%
- Southern Shale Valleys11.4%
- Southern Dissected Ridges and Knobs8.9%
- Southern Sedimentary Ridges8.7%
Blue Ridge in Blount 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 Blount County
The atlas lists 11 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Blount County, including Maryville, Seymour, Louisville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Blount County by land and water
The Census records 7.8 square miles of water within Blount County, or 1.4% of its total area. That share is close to Blount County’s 1.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Blount County has 31.3 times the land area of nearby Maryville city (17.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Knox County, Loudon County, Monroe County, Sevier County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

