THE DAVIDSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Outer Nashville Basin setting.
Davidson County has 503.5 square miles of land in Tennessee. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Davidson County: Outer Nashville Basin, Western Highland Rim, Inner 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
Davidson County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Outer Nashville Basin67.2%
- Western Highland Rim21.4%
- Inner Nashville Basin11.4%
Finding your parcel within Davidson County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Davidson County, including Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Goodlettsville, Forest Hills. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Davidson County by land and water
The Census records 21.8 square miles of water within Davidson County, or 4.1% of its total area. That share is close to Davidson County’s 4.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Davidson County has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) (475.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cheatham County, Robertson County, Rutherford County, Sumner County, Williamson County, Wilson County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

