THE TAYLOR COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Monongahela Transition Zone setting.
Taylor County has 172.8 square miles of land in West Virginia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Taylor County: Monongahela Transition Zone, Uplands and Valleys of Mixed Land Use, Forested Hills and Mountains.
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
Taylor County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Monongahela Transition Zone68.5%
- Uplands and Valleys of Mixed Land Use29.2%
- Forested Hills and Mountains2.3%
Central Appalachians in Taylor 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 Taylor County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Taylor County, including Grafton, Flemington. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Taylor County by land and water
The Census records 2.91 square miles of water within Taylor County, or 1.7% of its total area. That share is close to Taylor County’s 1.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Taylor County has 47.1 times the land area of nearby Grafton city (3.67 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Barbour County, Harrison County, Marion County, Monongalia County, Preston County within West Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

