THE SCOTT COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Inner Bluegrass setting.
Scott County has 282.2 square miles of land in Kentucky. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Scott County: Inner 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
Scott County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Inner Bluegrass53.9%
- Hills of the Bluegrass46.1%
Finding your parcel within Scott County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Scott County, including Georgetown, Corinth, Sadieville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Scott County by land and water
The Census records 3.22 square miles of water within Scott County, or 1.1% of its total area. That share is close to Scott County’s 1.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Scott County has 15.8 times the land area of nearby Georgetown city (17.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bourbon County, Fayette County, Franklin County, Grant County, Harrison County, Owen County, Woodford County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

