THE LARUE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mitchell Plain setting.
Larue County has 261.1 square miles of land in Kentucky. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Larue County: Mitchell Plain, Knobs-Norman Upland, Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands.
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
Larue County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Mitchell Plain61.4%
- Knobs-Norman Upland27.5%
- Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands11%
Finding your parcel within Larue County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Larue County, including Hodgenville, Magnolia, Upton. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Larue County by land and water
The Census records 2.57 square miles of water within Larue County, or 1% of its total area. That share is close to Larue County’s 1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Larue County has 108.5 times the land area of nearby Hodgenville city (2.41 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Green County, Hardin County, Hart County, Marion County, Nelson County, Taylor County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

