THE RICHMOND COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Coastal Plain setting.
Richmond County has 191.5 square miles of land in Virginia. The mapped landscape region in Richmond 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 Richmond County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Richmond County, including Warsaw. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Richmond County by land and water
The Census records 24.9 square miles of water within Richmond County, or 11.5% of its total area. That share is close to Richmond County’s 11.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Richmond County has 63.3 times the land area of nearby Warsaw town (3.03 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Essex County, Lancaster County, Middlesex County, Northumberland County, Westmoreland County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

