THE HOUSTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Highland Rim setting.
Houston County has 200.3 square miles of land in Tennessee. The mapped landscape region in Houston 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 Houston County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Houston County, including Erin, Tennessee Ridge. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Houston County by land and water
The Census records 6.68 square miles of water within Houston County, or 3.2% of its total area. That share is close to Houston County’s 3.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Houston County has 51.4 times the land area of nearby Erin city (3.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Benton County, Dickson County, Humphreys County, Montgomery County, Stewart County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

