THE NAPERVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Valparaiso-Wheaton Morainal Complex setting.
Naperville city has 39.4 square miles of land in DuPage County, Will County. Its Census reference point is in Valparaiso-Wheaton Morainal Complex, 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Naperville intersects 2 county geographies: DuPage County, Will County. A Naperville mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Naperville by land and water
The Census records 0.58 square miles of water within Naperville, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 2.7 percentage points lower than the 4.1% recorded for Illinois. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Naperville city has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Naperville township (34.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

