THE CLEWISTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Everglades setting.
Clewiston city has 4.5 square miles of land in Hendry County. Its Census reference point is in Everglades, within Southern Florida Coastal Plain.
Very low-relief southern Florida terrain includes marsh, swamp, Everglades and palmetto-prairie settings. Small elevation differences can correspond to substantial changes in vegetation and water conditions.
Regional context: Southern Florida Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Clewiston and Hendry County
Clewiston is associated with Hendry County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Clewiston by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Clewiston, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 2.6 percentage points lower than the 2.8% recorded for Hendry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clewiston city has 4.3 times the land area of nearby Harlem CDP (1.05 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

