THE FARMVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Outer Piedmont setting.
Farmville town has 7.68 square miles of land in Cumberland County, Prince Edward 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Farmville intersects 2 county geographies: Cumberland County, Prince Edward County. A Farmville mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Farmville by land and water
The Census records 0.14 square miles of water within Farmville, or 1.8% of its total area. It is 5.9 percentage points lower than the 7.7% recorded for Virginia. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Farmville town has 2 times the land area of nearby Hampden-Sydney CDP (3.88 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

