THE CUMBERLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Outer Piedmont setting.
Cumberland CDP has 4.17 square miles of land in Cumberland County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Outer Piedmont, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cumberland and Cumberland County
Cumberland is associated with Cumberland 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.
Cumberland by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Cumberland, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.8% recorded for Cumberland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cumberland CDP has 6.5 times the land area of nearby Dillwyn town (0.64 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

