THE TODD COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain setting.
Todd County has 374.5 square miles of land in Kentucky. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Todd County: Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain, Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands, Caseyville Hills.
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
Todd County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Western Pennyroyal Karst Plain47.7%
- Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands35.9%
- Caseyville Hills16.3%
Interior River Valleys and Hills in Todd County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Todd County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Todd County, including Elkton, Guthrie, Fairview. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Todd County by land and water
The Census records 2.54 square miles of water within Todd County, or 0.7% of its total area. That share is close to Todd County’s 0.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Todd County has 132.4 times the land area of nearby Elkton city (2.83 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Christian County, Logan County, Muhlenberg County within Kentucky. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

