THE LAWRENCE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Monongahela Transition Zone setting.
Lawrence County has 453.4 square miles of land in Ohio. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Lawrence County: Monongahela Transition Zone, Ohio/Kentucky Carboniferous Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Lawrence County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Monongahela Transition Zone54.1%
- Ohio/Kentucky Carboniferous Plateau45.9%
Finding your parcel within Lawrence County
The atlas lists 23 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lawrence County, including Elizabeth, Aid, Mason. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lawrence County by land and water
The Census records 3.87 square miles of water within Lawrence County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Lawrence County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lawrence County has 11.1 times the land area of nearby Aid township (40.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Gallia County, Jackson County, Scioto County within Ohio. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

