THE CARTWRIGHT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Illinois/Indiana Prairies setting.
Cartwright township has 72 square miles of land in Sangamon County. Its Census reference point is in Illinois/Indiana Prairies, within Central Corn Belt Plains.
Glaciated plains historically supported tallgrass prairie mixed with oak and hickory woodland. Dark prairie soils and broad farming landscapes distinguish much of the Central Corn Belt.
Regional context: Central Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cartwright and Sangamon County
Cartwright is associated with Sangamon 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.
Cartwright by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Cartwright, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.9 percentage points lower than the 1% recorded for Sangamon County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cartwright township has 52 times the land area of nearby Pleasant Plains village (1.39 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

