THE METCALFE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Highland Rim setting.
Metcalfe County has 289.7 square miles of land in Kentucky. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Metcalfe County: Eastern Highland Rim, Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain, Outer Nashville Basin.
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
Metcalfe County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Highland Rim72.5%
- Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain25.5%
- Outer Nashville Basin2%
Finding your parcel within Metcalfe County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Metcalfe County, including Edmonton, Summer Shade. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Metcalfe County by land and water
The Census records 1.54 square miles of water within Metcalfe County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Metcalfe County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Metcalfe County has 76.1 times the land area of nearby Edmonton city (3.81 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Adair County, Barren County, Cumberland County, Green County, Hart County, Monroe County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

