THE VAN BUREN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cumberland Plateau setting.
Van Buren County has 273.4 square miles of land in Tennessee. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Van Buren County: Cumberland Plateau, Plateau Escarpment, Eastern Highland Rim.
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.
Regional context: Southwestern Appalachians ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Van Buren County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Cumberland Plateau63.8%
- Plateau Escarpment26%
- Eastern Highland Rim10.2%
Interior Plateau in Van Buren County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Van Buren County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Van Buren County, including Spencer. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Van Buren County by land and water
The Census records 1.12 square miles of water within Van Buren County, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Van Buren County’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Van Buren County has 41.7 times the land area of nearby Spencer city (6.56 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bledsoe County, Cumberland County, Sequatchie County, Warren County, White County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

