THE DANVILLE CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Inner Piedmont setting.
Danville city has 42.8 square miles of land in Virginia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Danville city: Northern Inner Piedmont, 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
Danville city intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Inner Piedmont97.3%
- Triassic Basins2.7%
Finding your parcel within Danville city
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Danville city, including Danville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Danville city by land and water
The Census records 0.9 square miles of water within Danville city, or 2.1% of its total area. That share is close to Danville city’s 2.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Pittsylvania County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

