THE OVERTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Highland Rim setting.
Overton County has 433.5 square miles of land in Tennessee. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Overton County: Eastern Highland Rim, Plateau Escarpment, Cumberland Plateau, among others.
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
Overton County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Highland Rim61.5%
- Plateau Escarpment27%
- Cumberland Plateau11%
- Outer Nashville Basin0.5%
Southwestern Appalachians in Overton County
Open low mountains and plateau edges form a landscape of wooded uplands and deeper ravines. Escarpments mark the transition toward both the Ridge and Valley and the Interior Plateau.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Overton County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Overton County, including Livingston, Hilham. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Overton County by land and water
The Census records 1.35 square miles of water within Overton County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Overton County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Overton County has 66.6 times the land area of nearby Livingston town (6.51 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Clay County, Fentress County, Jackson County, Pickett County, Putnam County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

