THE JESSAMINE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Inner Bluegrass setting.
Jessamine County has 172.1 square miles of land in Kentucky. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Jessamine County: Inner Bluegrass, Hills of the 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
Jessamine County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Inner Bluegrass80.3%
- Hills of the Bluegrass19.7%
Finding your parcel within Jessamine County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Jessamine County, including Nicholasville, Wilmore, High Bridge. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Jessamine County by land and water
The Census records 2.36 square miles of water within Jessamine County, or 1.4% of its total area. That share is close to Jessamine County’s 1.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Jessamine County has 11.1 times the land area of nearby Nicholasville city (15.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Fayette County, Garrard County, Madison County, Mercer County, Woodford County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

