THE PULASKI COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills setting.
Pulaski County has 319.8 square miles of land in Virginia. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Pulaski County: Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills, Southern Shale Valleys, Southern Sandstone Ridges, 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
Pulaski County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills43.1%
- Southern Shale Valleys21%
- Southern Sandstone Ridges19.4%
- Southern Sedimentary Ridges16.2%
- New River Plateau0.2%
Blue Ridge in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County
The atlas lists 10 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Pulaski County, including Pulaski, Hiwassee, Parrott. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Pulaski County by land and water
The Census records 9.6 square miles of water within Pulaski County, or 2.9% of its total area. That share is close to Pulaski County’s 2.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pulaski County has 39.6 times the land area of nearby Pulaski town (8.07 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bland County, Carroll County, Floyd County, Giles County, Montgomery County, Radford city, Wythe County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

