THE FAUQUIER COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Fauquier County has 648 square miles of land in Virginia. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Fauquier County: Piedmont Uplands, Triassic Lowlands, Northern Inner Piedmont, among others.
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
Where the landscape changes
Fauquier County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Piedmont Uplands60%
- Triassic Lowlands23.1%
- Northern Inner Piedmont9.5%
- Trap Rock and Conglomerate Uplands4.8%
- Northern Igneous Ridges2.6%
Piedmont in Fauquier County
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 ↗Blue Ridge in Fauquier County
Forested ridges, plateaus and high mountains extend through the Blue Ridge. Elevation, rainfall and sheltered coves create marked differences in forest communities across short distances.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Fauquier County
The atlas lists 13 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Fauquier County, including New Baltimore, Bealeton, Calverton. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Fauquier County by land and water
The Census records 3.73 square miles of water within Fauquier County, or 0.6% of its total area. That share is close to Fauquier County’s 0.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fauquier County has 147.9 times the land area of nearby Warrenton town (4.38 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Clarke County, Culpeper County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Stafford County, Warren County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

