THE ALEXANDRIA CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain setting.
Alexandria city has 14.9 square miles of land in Virginia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Alexandria city: Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain, Northern Inner Piedmont.
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.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Alexandria city intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain87.6%
- Northern Inner Piedmont12.4%
Piedmont in Alexandria city
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Alexandria city
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Alexandria city, including Alexandria. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Alexandria city by land and water
The Census records 0.41 square miles of water within Alexandria city, or 2.7% of its total area. That share is close to Alexandria city’s 2.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Arlington County, Fairfax County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.