THE HICKMAN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Highland Rim setting.
Hickman County has 612.5 square miles of land in Tennessee. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Hickman County: Western Highland Rim, 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
Hickman County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Western Highland Rim97.1%
- Outer Nashville Basin2.9%
Finding your parcel within Hickman County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Hickman County, including Centerville, Bon Aqua Junction, Lyles. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Hickman County by land and water
The Census records 0.14 square miles of water within Hickman County, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Hickman County’s 0%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hickman County has 56.9 times the land area of nearby Centerville town (10.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Dickson County, Humphreys County, Lewis County, Maury County, Perry County, Williamson County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

