THE FAYETTE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Whitewater Interlobate Area setting.
Fayette County has 215 square miles of land in Indiana. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Fayette County: Whitewater Interlobate Area, Loamy High Lime Till Plains, Outer Bluegrass.
Rolling glacial till plains are interrupted by end moraines and areas of older, more dissected deposits. The historical landscape had more tree cover than the Central Corn Belt to the west.
Regional context: Eastern Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Fayette County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Whitewater Interlobate Area73.1%
- Loamy High Lime Till Plains16.2%
- Outer Bluegrass10.8%
Interior Plateau in Fayette County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Fayette County
The atlas lists 12 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Fayette County, including Connersville, Posey, Jackson. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Fayette County by land and water
The Census records 0.14 square miles of water within Fayette County, or 0.1% of its total area. That share is close to Fayette County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fayette County has 6.6 times the land area of nearby Connersville township (32.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Franklin County, Henry County, Rush County, Union County, Wayne County within Indiana. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

