THE BOYLE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Hills of the Bluegrass setting.
Boyle County has 180.3 square miles of land in Kentucky. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Boyle County: Hills of the Bluegrass, Inner Bluegrass, Knobs-Norman Upland, among others.
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
Boyle County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Hills of the Bluegrass35.9%
- Inner Bluegrass32.3%
- Knobs-Norman Upland26.7%
- Outer Bluegrass5.1%
Finding your parcel within Boyle County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Boyle County, including Danville, Junction City, Perryville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Boyle County by land and water
The Census records 2.51 square miles of water within Boyle County, or 1.4% of its total area. That share is close to Boyle County’s 1.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Boyle County has 89.9 times the land area of nearby Junction City city (2.01 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Casey County, Garrard County, Lincoln County, Marion County, Mercer County, Washington County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

