THE ORANGE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands setting.
Orange County has 398.4 square miles of land in Indiana. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Orange County: Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands, Mitchell Plain.
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
Orange County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands64.1%
- Mitchell Plain35.9%
Finding your parcel within Orange County
The atlas lists 15 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Orange County, including Paoli, French Lick, Southeast. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Orange County by land and water
The Census records 9.81 square miles of water within Orange County, or 2.4% of its total area. That share is close to Orange County’s 2.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Orange County has 106.5 times the land area of nearby Paoli town (3.74 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Crawford County, Dubois County, Lawrence County, Martin County, Washington County within Indiana. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

