THE OLDHAM COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Outer Bluegrass setting.
Oldham County has 187.3 square miles of land in Kentucky. The mapped landscape region in Oldham County is Outer 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
Finding your parcel within Oldham County
The atlas lists 9 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Oldham County, including Buckner, La Grange, Crestwood. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Oldham County by land and water
The Census records 9.05 square miles of water within Oldham County, or 4.6% of its total area. That share is close to Oldham County’s 4.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Oldham County has 21.7 times the land area of nearby Buckner CDP (8.64 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Henry County, Jefferson County, Shelby County, Trimble County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

