THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Coastal Plain setting.
Westmoreland County has 229.3 square miles of land in Virginia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Westmoreland County: Rolling Coastal Plain, Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes.
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
Westmoreland County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Rolling Coastal Plain68.8%
- Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes31.2%
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Westmoreland County, including Colonial Beach, Montross. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Westmoreland County by land and water
The Census records 23.6 square miles of water within Westmoreland County, or 9.3% of its total area. That share is close to Westmoreland County’s 9.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Westmoreland County has 222.4 times the land area of nearby Montross town (1.03 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Essex County, King George County, Northumberland County, Richmond County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

