THE SCOTT COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains setting.
Scott County has 190.4 square miles of land in Indiana. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Scott County: Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains, Knobs-Norman Upland.
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
Scott County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains93%
- Knobs-Norman Upland7%
Interior Plateau in Scott 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 Scott County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Scott County, including Lexington, Vienna, Finley. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Scott County by land and water
The Census records 2.35 square miles of water within Scott County, or 1.2% of its total area. That share is close to Scott County’s 1.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Scott County has 34.4 times the land area of nearby Scottsburg city (5.54 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Clark County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Jennings County, Washington County within Indiana. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

