THE GRANT COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Hills of the Bluegrass setting.
Grant County has 258 square miles of land in Kentucky. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Grant County: Hills of the Bluegrass, Outer 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
Grant County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Hills of the Bluegrass98.7%
- Outer Bluegrass1.3%
Finding your parcel within Grant County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Grant County, including Williamstown, Dry Ridge, Crittenden. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Grant County by land and water
The Census records 2.8 square miles of water within Grant County, or 1.1% of its total area. That share is close to Grant County’s 1.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Grant County has 50 times the land area of nearby Dry Ridge city (5.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Boone County, Gallatin County, Harrison County, Kenton County, Owen County, Pendleton County, Scott County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

