THE PERRY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dissected Appalachian Plateau setting.
Perry County has 339.7 square miles of land in Kentucky. The mapped landscape region in Perry 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 Perry County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Perry County, including Hazard, Vicco, Jeff. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Perry County by land and water
The Census records 2.89 square miles of water within Perry County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Perry County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Perry County has 45.6 times the land area of nearby Hazard city (7.46 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Breathitt County, Clay County, Harlan County, Knott County, Leslie County, Letcher County, Owsley County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

