THE GREEN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Highland Rim setting.
Green County has 286 square miles of land in Kentucky. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Green County: Eastern Highland Rim, Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands, Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain, 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
Green County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Highland Rim92.4%
- Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands4.8%
- Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain2.6%
- Mitchell Plain0.2%
Finding your parcel within Green County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Green County, including Summersville, Greensburg. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Green County by land and water
The Census records 2.83 square miles of water within Green County, or 1% of its total area. That share is close to Green County’s 1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Green County has 140.7 times the land area of nearby Greensburg city (2.03 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Adair County, Hart County, Larue County, Metcalfe County, Taylor County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

