THE DICKSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Highland Rim setting.
Dickson County has 489.9 square miles of land in Tennessee. The mapped landscape region in Dickson County is Western Highland Rim.
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
Finding your parcel within Dickson County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Dickson County, including Dickson, White Bluff, Charlotte. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Dickson County by land and water
The Census records 1.42 square miles of water within Dickson County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Dickson County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dickson County has 120.7 times the land area of nearby Charlotte town (4.06 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cheatham County, Hickman County, Houston County, Humphreys County, Montgomery County, Williamson County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

