THE FAYETTE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Inner Bluegrass setting.
Fayette County has 283.9 square miles of land in Kentucky. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Fayette County: Inner 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
Fayette County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Inner Bluegrass97.8%
- Hills of the Bluegrass2.2%
Finding your parcel within Fayette County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Fayette County, including Lexington-Fayette. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Fayette County by land and water
The Census records 1.71 square miles of water within Fayette County, or 0.6% of its total area. That share is close to Fayette County’s 0.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Bourbon County, Clark County, Jessamine County, Madison County, Scott County, Woodford County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

