THE EDMONSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Caseyville Hills setting.
Edmonson County has 302.8 square miles of land in Kentucky. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Edmonson County: Caseyville Hills, Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands, Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Edmonson County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Caseyville Hills67.4%
- Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands26.8%
- Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain5.8%
Interior Plateau in Edmonson County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Edmonson County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Edmonson County, including Brownsville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Edmonson County by land and water
The Census records 5.2 square miles of water within Edmonson County, or 1.7% of its total area. That share is close to Edmonson County’s 1.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Edmonson County has 115.9 times the land area of nearby Brownsville city (2.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Barren County, Butler County, Grayson County, Hart County, Warren County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

