THE SURRY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Coastal Plain setting.
Surry County has 278.9 square miles of land in Virginia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Surry County: Rolling Coastal Plain, Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods.
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
Surry County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Rolling Coastal Plain60.3%
- Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods39.7%
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain in Surry 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 Surry County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Surry County, including Dendron, Claremont, Scotland. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Surry County by land and water
The Census records 31.4 square miles of water within Surry County, or 10.1% of its total area. That share is close to Surry County’s 10.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Surry County has 337.3 times the land area of nearby Surry town (0.83 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Charles City County, Isle of Wight County, James City County, Newport News city, Prince George County, Southampton County, Sussex County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

