THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Outer Piedmont setting.
Chesterfield County has 423.5 square miles of land in Virginia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Chesterfield County: Northern Outer Piedmont, Rolling Coastal Plain, Triassic Basins.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Chesterfield County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Outer Piedmont40.6%
- Rolling Coastal Plain32.8%
- Triassic Basins26.6%
Southeastern Plains in Chesterfield County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Chesterfield County
The atlas lists 13 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Chesterfield County, including Chester, Midlothian, Bon Air. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Chesterfield County by land and water
The Census records 13.5 square miles of water within Chesterfield County, or 3.1% of its total area. That share is close to Chesterfield County’s 3.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chesterfield County has 68.7 times the land area of nearby Brandermill CDP (6.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Amelia County, Charles City County, Colonial Heights city, Dinwiddie County, Goochland County, Henrico County, Hopewell city, Petersburg city and other counties within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

