THE LESLIE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dissected Appalachian Plateau setting.
Leslie County has 400.9 square miles of land in Kentucky. The mapped landscape region in Leslie County is Dissected Appalachian Plateau.
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.
Regional context: Central Appalachians ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within Leslie County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Leslie County, including Hyden. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Leslie County by land and water
The Census records 3.52 square miles of water within Leslie County, or 0.9% of its total area. That share is close to Leslie County’s 0.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Leslie County has 309.3 times the land area of nearby Hyden city (1.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bell County, Clay County, Harlan County, Perry County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

