THE MORTONS GAP LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Green River-Southern Wabash Lowlands setting.
Mortons Gap city has 1.24 square miles of land in Hopkins County. Its Census reference point is in Green River-Southern Wabash Lowlands, within Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Broad terraced river valleys contrast with wooded slopes and dissected glacial plains. Bottomland settings and upland oak landscapes occur close together across the Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Regional context: Interior River Valleys and Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Mortons Gap and Hopkins County
Mortons Gap is associated with Hopkins County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Mortons Gap by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Mortons Gap, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points lower than the 2.2% recorded for Hopkins County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mortons Gap city has 43.9% of the land area of nearby Earlington city (2.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.