THE MOORE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Outer Nashville Basin setting.
Moore County has 129.2 square miles of land in Tennessee. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Moore 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
Moore County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Outer Nashville Basin86.2%
- Eastern Highland Rim13.8%
Finding your parcel within Moore County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Moore County, including Lynchburg, Moore County. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Moore County by land and water
The Census records 1.19 square miles of water within Moore County, or 0.9% of its total area. That share is close to Moore County’s 0.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Bedford County, Coffee County, Franklin County, Lincoln County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

