THE HARRISON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Hills of the Bluegrass setting.
Harrison County has 306.5 square miles of land in Kentucky. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Harrison 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
Harrison County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Hills of the Bluegrass79.9%
- Outer Bluegrass20.1%
Finding your parcel within Harrison County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Harrison County, including Cynthiana, Berry. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Harrison County by land and water
The Census records 3.42 square miles of water within Harrison County, or 1.1% of its total area. That share is close to Harrison County’s 1.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Harrison County has 66 times the land area of nearby Cynthiana city (4.64 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bourbon County, Bracken County, Grant County, Nicholas County, Pendleton County, Robertson County, Scott County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

