THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Coastal Plain setting.
Middlesex County has 130.3 square miles of land in Virginia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Middlesex County: Rolling Coastal Plain, Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes.
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
Where the landscape changes
Middlesex County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Rolling Coastal Plain89.7%
- Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes10.3%
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain in Middlesex County
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Middlesex County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Middlesex County, including Deltaville, Saluda, Urbanna. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Middlesex County by land and water
The Census records 80.4 square miles of water within Middlesex County, or 38.2% of its total area. That share is close to Middlesex County’s 38.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Middlesex County has 286.4 times the land area of nearby Urbanna town (0.46 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Accomack County, Essex County, Gloucester County, King and Queen County, Lancaster County, Mathews County, Northampton County, Richmond County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

