THE GREENBRIER COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Forested Hills and Mountains setting.
Greenbrier County has 1,019.8 square miles of land in West Virginia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Greenbrier County: Forested Hills and Mountains, Greenbriar Karst, Northern Dissected Ridges and Knobs, among others.
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.
Regional context: Central Appalachians ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Greenbrier County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Forested Hills and Mountains48.5%
- Greenbriar Karst29.2%
- Northern Dissected Ridges and Knobs21.4%
- Northern Sandstone Ridges0.9%
Ridge and Valley in Greenbrier County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Greenbrier County
The atlas lists 9 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Greenbrier County, including Lewisburg, Fairlea, White Sulphur Springs. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Greenbrier County by land and water
The Census records 4.69 square miles of water within Greenbrier County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Greenbrier County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Greenbrier County has 1,980.2 times the land area of nearby Falling Spring town (0.52 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Fayette County, Monroe County, Nicholas County, Pocahontas County, Summers County, Webster County within West Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

