THE PATRICK COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Inner Piedmont setting.
Patrick County has 483 square miles of land in Virginia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Patrick County: Northern Inner Piedmont, Southern Crystalline Ridges and Mountains, New River Plateau.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Patrick County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Inner Piedmont60.6%
- Southern Crystalline Ridges and Mountains30.6%
- New River Plateau8.8%
Blue Ridge in Patrick 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 Patrick County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Patrick County, including Patrick Springs, Stuart, Meadows of Dan. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Patrick County by land and water
The Census records 2.76 square miles of water within Patrick County, or 0.6% of its total area. That share is close to Patrick County’s 0.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Patrick County has 159 times the land area of nearby Stuart town (3.04 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Carroll County, Floyd County, Franklin County, Henry County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

