THE WILSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Inner Nashville Basin setting.
Wilson County has 571.1 square miles of land in Tennessee. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Wilson County: Inner Nashville Basin, Outer Nashville Basin.
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
Wilson County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Inner Nashville Basin65.5%
- Outer Nashville Basin34.5%
Finding your parcel within Wilson County
The atlas lists 10 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Wilson County, including Lebanon, Mount Juliet, Gladeville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Wilson County by land and water
The Census records 12.5 square miles of water within Wilson County, or 2.1% of its total area. That share is close to Wilson County’s 2.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wilson County has 14 times the land area of nearby Lebanon city (40.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cannon County, Davidson County, DeKalb County, Rutherford County, Smith County, Sumner County, Trousdale County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.