THE STEWART COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Highland Rim setting.
Stewart County has 459.8 square miles of land in Tennessee. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Stewart 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
Stewart County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Western Highland Rim91.5%
- Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain8.5%
Finding your parcel within Stewart County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Stewart County, including Cumberland City, Dover, Big Rock. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Stewart County by land and water
The Census records 33.2 square miles of water within Stewart County, or 6.7% of its total area. That share is close to Stewart County’s 6.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Stewart County has 118.9 times the land area of nearby Dover city (3.87 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Benton County, Henry County, Houston County, Montgomery County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

