THE LIMESTONE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Highland Rim setting.
Limestone County has 563.4 square miles of land in Alabama. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Limestone County: Eastern Highland Rim, Outer Nashville Basin, Western Highland Rim.
Open hills, irregular plains and tablelands are developed on limestone and other sedimentary rocks. Oak-hickory woodland, local prairie and cedar-glade settings contribute to this diverse inland plateau.
Regional context: Interior Plateau ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Limestone County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Highland Rim75.6%
- Outer Nashville Basin16.3%
- Western Highland Rim8.1%
Finding your parcel within Limestone County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Limestone County, including Huntsville, Decatur, Athens. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Limestone County by land and water
The Census records 43.8 square miles of water within Limestone County, or 7.2% of its total area. That share is close to Limestone County’s 7.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Limestone County has 13.5 times the land area of nearby Athens city (41.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Lauderdale County, Lawrence County, Madison County, Morgan County within Alabama. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

