THE MOUNT HOPE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Illinois/Indiana Prairies setting.
Mount Hope township has 48.8 square miles of land in McLean 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
Mount Hope and McLean County
Mount Hope is associated with McLean 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.
Mount Hope by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Mount Hope, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.3% recorded for McLean County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mount Hope township has 41.4 times the land area of nearby McLean village (1.18 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

