THE MARTIN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dissected Appalachian Plateau setting.
Martin County has 229.6 square miles of land in Kentucky. The mapped landscape region in Martin 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 Martin County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Martin County, including Inez, Warfield. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Martin County by land and water
The Census records 0.99 square miles of water within Martin County, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Martin County’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Martin County has 133.3 times the land area of nearby Inez city (1.72 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Floyd County, Johnson County, Lawrence County, Pike County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

