THE GARRARD COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Outer Bluegrass setting.
Garrard County has 229.9 square miles of land in Kentucky. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Garrard County: Outer Bluegrass, Hills of the Bluegrass, Inner Bluegrass, among others.
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
Garrard County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Outer Bluegrass39.7%
- Hills of the Bluegrass30.2%
- Inner Bluegrass17.9%
- Knobs-Norman Upland12.2%
Finding your parcel within Garrard County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Garrard County, including Lancaster. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Garrard County by land and water
The Census records 4.02 square miles of water within Garrard County, or 1.7% of its total area. That share is close to Garrard County’s 1.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Garrard County has 91.1 times the land area of nearby Lancaster city (2.52 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Boyle County, Jessamine County, Lincoln County, Madison County, Mercer County, Rockcastle County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

