Sell My Land Maury County TN: Farms & Acreage

Why Maury County land is in demand

Maury County grew from about 101,000 people in 2020 to an estimated 116,000 in 2025, and it’s projected to pass 127,000 by 2030. Growth from Nashville and Williamson County keeps moving south along I-65 and US-31, through Spring Hill and into Columbia. Builders, developers and land investors all look here. One land wholesaler, advising others on where to find deals this spring, put Maury on the short list of Tennessee counties where land is selling.

Demand isn’t the same across the county, though:

Where your land is	Who’s usually buying	What drives the price
Inside or next to Spring Hill and Columbia	Home builders, developers, commercial buyers	Zoning, water and sewer, road frontage, distance to I-65
Along the main highways (US-31, US-43, US-412)	Builders of small lot splits, people building one home, investors	Frontage, whether it can be divided under the new zoning
Rural south and west (Culleoka, Hampshire, Santa Fe, Williamsport)	Farmers expanding, hunters, people wanting acreage, land investors	Acreage, pasture vs. woods, access, water, greenbelt status

If your land is the kind a builder wants, you’ll probably get the best price from a builder, a developer or a land broker who sells to them. Local land and auction firms in Columbia handle large farms and know who’s buying. A cash land buyer is the better fit for land builders won’t touch: no frontage, steep or wooded ground, flood-prone bottomland, a tract with heirs to sort out, or any time you want a firm price now instead of a contract that depends on rezoning.

What changed in 2025 and 2026

Maury County rewrote its land rules in a hurry, and anyone selling land here should know the basics.

A new zoning ordinance. In November 2025 the County Commission adopted its first full rewrite of the county zoning rules since 1986. It removed the smallest residential lot categories, set a one-acre minimum for general residential lots and five acres for rural residential, and added an Agricultural Preservation district that lets farm owners divide off land for family homes. At the public hearing, one county resident objected that “a five-acre minimum would be an abomination” where he lives, and a commissioner argued against limits on barns and workshops on rural land. The rules passed anyway.

A pause on major subdivisions. On December 2, 2025, the commission voted 16–4 to stop accepting new major subdivisions, meaning neighborhoods of lots under five acres, on county-zoned land through October 1, 2026. Subdivisions of five lots or fewer were still allowed, land inside the cities wasn’t affected, and about 1,000 county lots that already had approval kept their rights. Speakers at that meeting worried it would slow real estate sales and discourage land sales.

A comprehensive land use plan, still being written. The county is drafting a long-range plan for where growth should and shouldn’t go. Its advisory committee meets next on October 27, 2026, with a public engagement event planned for November 12. Details are at planmaurycounty.com.

What this means if you’re selling: for county land that a builder would have bought to subdivide, the rules changed what a builder can do with it, and some buyers are waiting to see the final plan. Land inside city limits, land that already has an approved plat, and large tracts bought for farming or a single home are much less affected. If a buyer’s offer depends on rezoning or subdivision approval, ask how long that would take under the current rules, and what happens to the deal if the county says no.

Selling farmland in greenbelt

A lot of Maury County farmland is enrolled in greenbelt, Tennessee’s program that taxes farm and forest land on what it earns as a farm instead of its market value. A tract has to be at least 15 acres to qualify as agricultural or forest land.

That gap is large here. Farmland near Columbia or Spring Hill can be worth many times its farm-use value, so the tax savings are big, and so is the rollback bill if the land leaves the program. Rollback taxes cover the last three years of savings on farm or forest land and are triggered when the land is converted or no longer qualifies, which is exactly what happens when a builder buys it. Before you agree on a price:

1. Ask the Maury County Assessor of Property for a rollback estimate on the whole tract, or on the part you’re selling.
2. Put who pays rollback in the contract. A builder can usually afford to cover it, and many will if you ask.
3. Watch the 15-acre line. Selling off a piece can leave your remaining land below the minimum, which can affect its greenbelt status too.

Land along the Duck River

The Duck River runs through Columbia and across the county. River and creek bottomland can be good farmland, but parts of it fall in FEMA flood zones, which limits building and lowers what builders will pay. Check your parcel on FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center before you price it. Flood-prone land still sells, often to neighboring farmers, hunters or land investors who aren’t planning to build.

Maury County offices you may need

• Maury County Assessor of Property: appraised value, acreage, greenbelt status, and whether a parcel is inside city limits.
• Maury County Trustee (Columbia): current tax bills and payoff amounts.
• Maury County Register of Deeds (Columbia): copies of your deed, plats and recorded easements.
• Maury County Building and Zoning Office: county zoning, the moratorium’s status, and splitting land outside the cities.
• City planning offices in Columbia, Spring Hill and Mount Pleasant: zoning and annexation for land inside or next to the cities.
• TDEC Division of Water Resources: septic permits for land without sewer.

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