THE LEE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills setting.
Lee County has 435.4 square miles of land in Virginia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Lee County: Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills, Southern Sandstone Ridges, Dissected Appalachian Plateau, among others.
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
Lee County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills57.4%
- Southern Sandstone Ridges20.9%
- Dissected Appalachian Plateau15.4%
- Cumberland Mountain Thrust Block6.3%
Central Appalachians in Lee County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Lee County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lee County, including Dryden, Keokee, Ewing. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lee County by land and water
The Census records 1.89 square miles of water within Lee County, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Lee County’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lee County has 391.9 times the land area of nearby Jonesville town (1.11 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Scott County, Wise County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

