THE CHERRY GROVE-SHANNON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rock River Hills setting.
Cherry Grove-Shannon township has 53.6 square miles of land in Carroll County. Its Census reference point is in Rock River Hills, 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
Cherry Grove-Shannon and Carroll County
Cherry Grove-Shannon is associated with Carroll 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.
Cherry Grove-Shannon by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Cherry Grove-Shannon, or 0% of its total area. It is 4.6 percentage points lower than the 4.6% recorded for Carroll County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cherry Grove-Shannon township has 111.2 times the land area of nearby Shannon village (0.48 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

