THE TAYLOR COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Highland Rim setting.
Taylor County has 266.4 square miles of land in Kentucky. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Taylor County: Eastern Highland Rim, Knobs-Norman Upland, Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands.
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
Taylor County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Highland Rim87.5%
- Knobs-Norman Upland6.6%
- Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands5.9%
Finding your parcel within Taylor County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Taylor County, including Campbellsville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Taylor County by land and water
The Census records 10.4 square miles of water within Taylor County, or 3.8% of its total area. That share is close to Taylor County’s 3.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Taylor County has 35.2 times the land area of nearby Campbellsville city (7.58 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Adair County, Casey County, Green County, Larue County, Marion County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

