THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Highland Rim setting.
Montgomery County has 539.2 square miles of land in Tennessee. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Montgomery County: Western Highland Rim, Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain.
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
Montgomery County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Western Highland Rim53.9%
- Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain46.1%
Finding your parcel within Montgomery County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Montgomery County, including Clarksville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Montgomery County by land and water
The Census records 4.66 square miles of water within Montgomery County, or 0.9% of its total area. That share is close to Montgomery County’s 0.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Montgomery County has 5.4 times the land area of nearby Clarksville city (100.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cheatham County, Dickson County, Houston County, Robertson County, Stewart County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

