THE GRAYSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Caseyville Hills setting.
Grayson County has 499.5 square miles of land in Kentucky. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Grayson County: Caseyville Hills, Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands.
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
Grayson County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Caseyville Hills59.6%
- Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands40.4%
Interior Plateau in Grayson 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 Grayson County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Grayson County, including Leitchfield, Caneyville, Big Clifty. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Grayson County by land and water
The Census records 11.5 square miles of water within Grayson County, or 2.2% of its total area. That share is close to Grayson County’s 2.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Grayson County has 46.4 times the land area of nearby Leitchfield city (10.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Breckinridge County, Butler County, Edmonson County, Hardin County, Hart County, Ohio County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

