THE DICKENSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dissected Appalachian Plateau setting.
Dickenson County has 330.4 square miles of land in Virginia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Dickenson County: Dissected Appalachian Plateau, Cumberland Mountain Thrust Block.
A rugged, deeply cut plateau of sandstone, shale and related rocks supports extensive forest. High hills and low mountains distinguish this Appalachian landscape from smoother neighboring regions.
Regional context: Central Appalachians ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Dickenson County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Dissected Appalachian Plateau97.7%
- Cumberland Mountain Thrust Block2.3%
Finding your parcel within Dickenson County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Dickenson County, including Dante, Haysi, Clinchco. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Dickenson County by land and water
The Census records 3.13 square miles of water within Dickenson County, or 0.9% of its total area. That share is close to Dickenson County’s 0.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dickenson County has 118.3 times the land area of nearby Clinchco town (2.79 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Buchanan County, Russell County, Wise County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

