THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Highland Rim setting.
Cumberland County has 305.1 square miles of land in Kentucky. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Cumberland County: Eastern Highland Rim, Outer Nashville Basin.
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
Cumberland County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Highland Rim50.9%
- Outer Nashville Basin49.1%
Finding your parcel within Cumberland County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Cumberland County, including Burkesville, Marrowbone. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Cumberland County by land and water
The Census records 5.76 square miles of water within Cumberland County, or 1.9% of its total area. That share is close to Cumberland County’s 1.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cumberland County has 118.5 times the land area of nearby Burkesville city (2.57 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Adair County, Clinton County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County, Russell County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

