THE FREDERICK COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Shale Valleys setting.
Frederick County has 413.1 square miles of land in Virginia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Frederick County: Northern Shale Valleys, Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys, Northern Sandstone Ridges.
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Regional context: Ridge and Valley ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Frederick County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Shale Valleys61.4%
- Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys29.1%
- Northern Sandstone Ridges9.5%
Finding your parcel within Frederick County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Frederick County, including Shawneeland, Lake Holiday, Stephens City. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Frederick County by land and water
The Census records 2.26 square miles of water within Frederick County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Frederick County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Frederick County has 54.4 times the land area of nearby Shawneeland CDP (7.59 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Clarke County, Shenandoah County, Warren County, Winchester city within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.