THE LAWRENCE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Ohio/Kentucky Carboniferous Plateau setting.
Lawrence County has 415.6 square miles of land in Kentucky. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Lawrence County: Ohio/Kentucky Carboniferous Plateau, Dissected Appalachian Plateau, Monongahela Transition Zone.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Lawrence County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Ohio/Kentucky Carboniferous Plateau44.5%
- Dissected Appalachian Plateau37.8%
- Monongahela Transition Zone17.7%
Central Appalachians in Lawrence County
A rugged, deeply cut plateau of sandstone, shale and related rocks supports extensive forest. High hills and low mountains distinguish this Appalachian landscape from smoother neighboring regions.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Lawrence County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lawrence County, including Louisa, Blaine. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lawrence County by land and water
The Census records 4.47 square miles of water within Lawrence County, or 1.1% of its total area. That share is close to Lawrence County’s 1.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lawrence County has 1,468.5 times the land area of nearby Blaine city (0.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Boyd County, Carter County, Elliott County, Johnson County, Martin County, Morgan County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

