THE CENTREVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Triassic Lowlands setting.
Centreville CDP has 11.9 square miles of land in Fairfax County. Its Census reference point is in Triassic Lowlands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Centreville and Fairfax County
Centreville is associated with Fairfax County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Centreville by land and water
The Census records 0.11 square miles of water within Centreville, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 2.9 percentage points lower than the 3.8% recorded for Fairfax County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Centreville CDP has 82.8% of the land area of nearby Bull Run CDP (14.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

