THE BELVIDERE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rock River Drift Plain setting.
Belvidere township has 36.1 square miles of land in Boone County. Its Census reference point is in Rock River Drift Plain, within Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains.
Glacial till plains support a transition between hardwood forest, oak savanna and prairie landscapes. Rolling farmland and woodland reflect this meeting of ecological regions in southeastern Wisconsin.
Regional context: Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Belvidere and Boone County
Belvidere is associated with Boone 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.
Belvidere by land and water
The Census records 0.44 square miles of water within Belvidere, or 1.2% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Boone County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Belvidere township has 2.8 times the land area of nearby Belvidere city (12.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

