THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Charlottesville city has 10.2 square miles of land in Virginia. The mapped landscape region in Charlottesville city is Piedmont Uplands.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within Charlottesville city
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Charlottesville city, including Charlottesville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Charlottesville city by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Charlottesville city, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Charlottesville city’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Albemarle County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

