THE GREENWOOD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kettle Moraines setting.
Greenwood township has 35.3 square miles of land in McHenry County. Its Census reference point is in Kettle Moraines, 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
Greenwood and McHenry County
Greenwood is associated with McHenry 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.
Greenwood by land and water
The Census records 0.51 square miles of water within Greenwood, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 1.3% recorded for McHenry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Greenwood township has 13.3 times the land area of nearby Greenwood village (2.66 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

