THE LEWIS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Highland Rim setting.
Lewis County has 282.1 square miles of land in Tennessee. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Lewis 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
Lewis County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Western Highland Rim99.1%
- Outer Nashville Basin0.9%
Finding your parcel within Lewis County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lewis County, including Hohenwald. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lewis County by land and water
The Census records 0.4 square miles of water within Lewis County, or 0.1% of its total area. That share is close to Lewis County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lewis County has 53.5 times the land area of nearby Hohenwald city (5.27 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Hickman County, Lawrence County, Maury County, Perry County, Wayne County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

