THE KING WILLIAM COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Coastal Plain setting.
King William County has 273.9 square miles of land in Virginia. The mapped landscape region in King William County is Rolling Coastal Plain.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within King William County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with King William County, including West Point, Central Garage, King William. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
King William County by land and water
The Census records 12 square miles of water within King William County, or 4.2% of its total area. That share is close to King William County’s 4.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, King William County has 56.9 times the land area of nearby Central Garage CDP (4.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Caroline County, Hanover County, King and Queen County, New Kent County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

