THE GREENE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Greene County has 155.9 square miles of land in Virginia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Greene County: Piedmont Uplands, Northern Igneous Ridges, Northern Sedimentary and Metasedimentary Ridges.
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
Greene County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Piedmont Uplands60.5%
- Northern Igneous Ridges39.1%
- Northern Sedimentary and Metasedimentary Ridges0.4%
Blue Ridge in Greene 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 Greene County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Greene County, including Ruckersville, Twin Lakes, Stanardsville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Greene County by land and water
The Census records 0.65 square miles of water within Greene County, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Greene County’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Greene County has 432 times the land area of nearby Stanardsville town (0.36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Albemarle County, Madison County, Orange County, Page County, Rockingham County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

