THE WAYNE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Highland Rim setting.
Wayne County has 734.1 square miles of land in Tennessee. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Wayne County: Western Highland Rim, Transition Hills.
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
Wayne County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Western Highland Rim76.2%
- Transition Hills23.8%
Southeastern Plains in Wayne County
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Wayne County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Wayne County, including Clifton, Waynesboro, Collinwood. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Wayne County by land and water
The Census records 1.55 square miles of water within Wayne County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Wayne County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wayne County has 264 times the land area of nearby Collinwood city (2.78 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Decatur County, Hardin County, Lawrence County, Lewis County, Perry County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

