THE JACKSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Outer Nashville Basin setting.
Jackson County has 308.8 square miles of land in Tennessee. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Jackson County: Outer Nashville Basin, Eastern 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
Where the landscape changes
Jackson County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Outer Nashville Basin69.1%
- Eastern Highland Rim30.9%
Finding your parcel within Jackson County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Jackson County, including Dodson Branch, Gainesboro. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Jackson County by land and water
The Census records 10.7 square miles of water within Jackson County, or 3.4% of its total area. That share is close to Jackson County’s 3.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Jackson County has 198.3 times the land area of nearby Gainesboro town (1.56 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Clay County, Macon County, Overton County, Putnam County, Smith County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

