THE LEWIS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Monongahela Transition Zone setting.
Lewis County has 386.9 square miles of land in West Virginia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Lewis County: Monongahela Transition Zone, Forested Hills and Mountains, Permian Hills.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Lewis County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Monongahela Transition Zone90.1%
- Forested Hills and Mountains5.3%
- Permian Hills4.6%
Central Appalachians in Lewis 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 Lewis County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lewis County, including Weston, Jane Lew. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lewis County by land and water
The Census records 2.72 square miles of water within Lewis County, or 0.7% of its total area. That share is close to Lewis County’s 0.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lewis County has 199 times the land area of nearby Weston city (1.94 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Braxton County, Doddridge County, Gilmer County, Harrison County, Upshur County, Webster County within West Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

