THE TAZEWELL COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills setting.
Tazewell County has 518.8 square miles of land in Virginia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Tazewell County: Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills, Dissected Appalachian Plateau, 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
Tazewell County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills36.4%
- Dissected Appalachian Plateau32%
- Southern Sandstone Ridges30.1%
- Southern Shale Valleys1.5%
Central Appalachians in Tazewell County
A rugged, deeply cut plateau of sandstone, shale and related rocks supports extensive forest. High hills and low mountains distinguish this Appalachian landscape from smoother neighboring regions.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Tazewell County
The atlas lists 16 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Tazewell County, including Bluefield, Springville, Tazewell. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Tazewell County by land and water
The Census records 1.13 square miles of water within Tazewell County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Tazewell County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tazewell County has 75.5 times the land area of nearby Tazewell town (6.87 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bland County, Buchanan County, Russell County, Smyth County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

