THE MENOMINEE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Savanna Section setting.
Menominee township has 27.9 square miles of land in Jo Daviess County. Its Census reference point is in Savanna Section, within Driftless Area.
Deeply cut valleys divide a bedrock plateau with windblown soil on many uplands. Glaciers had less influence here than in neighboring regions, leaving a distinctly hilly landscape.
Regional context: Driftless Area ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Menominee and Jo Daviess County
Menominee is associated with Jo Daviess 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.
Menominee by land and water
The Census records 2.42 square miles of water within Menominee, or 8% of its total area. It is 5.1 percentage points higher than the 2.9% recorded for Jo Daviess County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Menominee township has 14.6 times the land area of nearby Menominee village (1.91 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

