THE LYON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Highland Rim setting.
Lyon County has 213.8 square miles of land in Kentucky. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Lyon County: Western Highland Rim, Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain.
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
Lyon County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Western Highland Rim78.4%
- Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain21.6%
Finding your parcel within Lyon County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lyon County, including Eddyville, Kuttawa. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lyon County by land and water
The Census records 42.7 square miles of water within Lyon County, or 16.7% of its total area. That share is close to Lyon County’s 16.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lyon County has 97.7 times the land area of nearby Kuttawa city (2.19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Caldwell County, Crittenden County, Livingston County, Marshall County, Trigg County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

