THE MUHLENBERG COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Green River-Southern Wabash Lowlands setting.
Muhlenberg County has 467.3 square miles of land in Kentucky. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Muhlenberg County: Green River-Southern Wabash Lowlands, Caseyville Hills, Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands.
Broad terraced river valleys contrast with wooded slopes and dissected glacial plains. Bottomland settings and upland oak landscapes occur close together across the Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Regional context: Interior River Valleys and Hills ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Muhlenberg County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Green River-Southern Wabash Lowlands77%
- Caseyville Hills22.8%
- Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands0.2%
Interior Plateau in Muhlenberg County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Muhlenberg County
The atlas lists 9 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Muhlenberg County, including Central City, Greenville, Dunmor. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Muhlenberg County by land and water
The Census records 12.1 square miles of water within Muhlenberg County, or 2.5% of its total area. That share is close to Muhlenberg County’s 2.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Muhlenberg County has 299 times the land area of nearby Powderly city (1.56 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Butler County, Christian County, Hopkins County, Logan County, McLean County, Ohio County, Todd County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

