THE MASON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Outer Bluegrass setting.
Mason County has 240.1 square miles of land in Kentucky. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Mason County: Outer Bluegrass, Hills of the Bluegrass.
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
Mason County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Outer Bluegrass82.7%
- Hills of the Bluegrass17.3%
Finding your parcel within Mason County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Mason County, including Maysville, Sardis, Mays Lick. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Mason County by land and water
The Census records 6.28 square miles of water within Mason County, or 2.6% of its total area. That share is close to Mason County’s 2.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mason County has 12.7 times the land area of nearby Maysville city (19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bracken County, Fleming County, Lewis County, Robertson County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

