THE SHENANDOAH COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys setting.
Shenandoah County has 508.1 square miles of land in Virginia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Shenandoah County: Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys, Northern Sandstone Ridges, Northern Shale Valleys.
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
Shenandoah County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys46.9%
- Northern Sandstone Ridges32.3%
- Northern Shale Valleys20.8%
Finding your parcel within Shenandoah County
The atlas lists 23 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Shenandoah County, including Basye, Strasburg, Woodstock. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Shenandoah County by land and water
The Census records 3.75 square miles of water within Shenandoah County, or 0.7% of its total area. That share is close to Shenandoah County’s 0.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Shenandoah County has 685.7 times the land area of nearby Edinburg town (0.74 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Frederick County, Page County, Rockingham County, Warren County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

