THE LAWRENCE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mitchell Plain setting.
Lawrence County has 449.1 square miles of land in Indiana. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Lawrence County: Mitchell Plain, Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands, Knobs-Norman Upland.
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
Lawrence County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Mitchell Plain65.1%
- Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands26.6%
- Knobs-Norman Upland8.3%
Finding your parcel within Lawrence County
The atlas lists 21 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lawrence County, including Spice Valley, Shawswick, Marion. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lawrence County by land and water
The Census records 2.78 square miles of water within Lawrence County, or 0.6% of its total area. That share is close to Lawrence County’s 0.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lawrence County has 36.8 times the land area of nearby Bedford city (12.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Greene County, Jackson County, Martin County, Monroe County, Orange County, Washington County within Indiana. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

