THE LINCOLN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Outer Bluegrass setting.
Lincoln County has 332.9 square miles of land in Kentucky. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Lincoln County: Outer Bluegrass, Eastern Highland Rim, Knobs-Norman Upland, among others.
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
Lincoln County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Outer Bluegrass47.4%
- Eastern Highland Rim27.3%
- Knobs-Norman Upland23.5%
- Hills of the Bluegrass1.8%
Finding your parcel within Lincoln County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lincoln County, including Stanford, Junction City, Crab Orchard. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lincoln County by land and water
The Census records 3.49 square miles of water within Lincoln County, or 1% of its total area. That share is close to Lincoln County’s 1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lincoln County has 69.5 times the land area of nearby Stanford city (4.79 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Boyle County, Casey County, Garrard County, Pulaski County, Rockcastle County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.