THE CHEATHAM COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Highland Rim setting.
Cheatham County has 302.5 square miles of land in Tennessee. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Cheatham County: Western Highland Rim, Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain, Outer Nashville Basin.
Open hills, irregular plains and tablelands are developed on limestone and other sedimentary rocks. Oak-hickory woodland, local prairie and cedar-glade settings contribute to this diverse inland plateau.
Regional context: Interior Plateau ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Cheatham County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Western Highland Rim92%
- Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain7.4%
- Outer Nashville Basin0.6%
Finding your parcel within Cheatham County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Cheatham County, including Pleasant View, Ashland City, Kingston Springs. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Cheatham County by land and water
The Census records 4.56 square miles of water within Cheatham County, or 1.5% of its total area. That share is close to Cheatham County’s 1.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cheatham County has 28.4 times the land area of nearby Ashland City town (10.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Davidson County, Dickson County, Montgomery County, Robertson County, Williamson County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

