THE GREENE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills setting.
Greene County has 622.2 square miles of land in Tennessee. 6 mapped landscape regions meet across Greene County: Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills, Southern Shale Valleys, Southern Sedimentary Ridges, 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
Greene County intersects 6 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills50.7%
- Southern Shale Valleys31.5%
- Southern Sedimentary Ridges9.8%
- Southern Metasedimentary Mountains3%
- Southern Dissected Ridges and Knobs3%
Blue Ridge in Greene 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 Greene County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Greene County, including Greeneville, Mosheim, Tusculum. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Greene County by land and water
The Census records 1.97 square miles of water within Greene County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Greene County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Greene County has 36.6 times the land area of nearby Greeneville town (17 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cocke County, Hamblen County, Hawkins County, Unicoi County, Washington County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

