THE GREENVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sand Area setting.
Greenville township has 36.5 square miles of land in Bureau County. Its Census reference point is in Sand Area, 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
Greenville and Bureau County
Greenville is associated with Bureau 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.
Greenville by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Greenville, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 0.5% recorded for Bureau County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Greenville township has 235.3 times the land area of nearby New Bedford village (0.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

