THE ALLEN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Highland Rim setting.
Allen County has 343.7 square miles of land in Kentucky. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Allen County: Eastern Highland Rim, Western Pennyroyal Karst 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
Allen County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Highland Rim99.6%
- Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain0.4%
Finding your parcel within Allen County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Allen County, including Scottsville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Allen County by land and water
The Census records 8.14 square miles of water within Allen County, or 2.3% of its total area. That share is close to Allen County’s 2.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Allen County has 52.1 times the land area of nearby Scottsville city (6.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Barren County, Monroe County, Simpson County, Warren County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

