THE FLEMING COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Outer Bluegrass setting.
Fleming County has 348.7 square miles of land in Kentucky. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Fleming County: Outer Bluegrass, Knobs-Lower Scioto Dissected Plateau, 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
Fleming County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Outer Bluegrass53.9%
- Knobs-Lower Scioto Dissected Plateau34.6%
- Hills of the Bluegrass11.5%
Western Allegheny Plateau in Fleming County
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Fleming County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Fleming County, including Flemingsburg, Elizaville, Ewing. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Fleming County by land and water
The Census records 2.64 square miles of water within Fleming County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Fleming County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fleming County has 129.6 times the land area of nearby Flemingsburg city (2.69 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bath County, Lewis County, Mason County, Nicholas County, Robertson County, Rowan County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

