THE CLERMONT COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains setting.
Clermont County has 452.6 square miles of land in Ohio. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Clermont County: Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains, Outer Bluegrass.
Rolling glacial till plains are interrupted by end moraines and areas of older, more dissected deposits. The historical landscape had more tree cover than the Central Corn Belt to the west.
Regional context: Eastern Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Clermont County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains86.3%
- Outer Bluegrass13.7%
Interior Plateau in Clermont County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Clermont County
The atlas lists 35 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Clermont County, including Tate, Batavia, Franklin. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Clermont County by land and water
The Census records 7.67 square miles of water within Clermont County, or 1.7% of its total area. That share is close to Clermont County’s 1.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clermont County has 11.4 times the land area of nearby Batavia township (39.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Brown County, Clinton County, Hamilton County, Warren County within Ohio. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

