THE CHESTER COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain setting.
Chester County has 285.7 square miles of land in Tennessee. The mapped landscape region in Chester County is Northern Hilly Gulf Coastal Plain.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within Chester County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Chester County, including Henderson, Milledgeville, Enville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Chester County by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Chester County, or 0.1% of its total area. That share is close to Chester County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chester County has 36.6 times the land area of nearby Henderson city (7.81 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Hardeman County, Hardin County, Henderson County, Madison County, McNairy County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

