THE CAMPBELL COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Outer Bluegrass setting.
Campbell County has 151.3 square miles of land in Kentucky. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Campbell County: Outer Bluegrass, Hills of the Bluegrass.
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
Campbell County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Outer Bluegrass70.5%
- Hills of the Bluegrass29.5%
Finding your parcel within Campbell County
The atlas lists 16 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Campbell County, including Claryville, Alexandria, Fort Thomas. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Campbell County by land and water
The Census records 8.09 square miles of water within Campbell County, or 5.1% of its total area. That share is close to Campbell County’s 5.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Campbell County has 21.9 times the land area of nearby Alexandria city (6.92 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Kenton County, Pendleton County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

