THE NEWELL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Wabash Lowlands setting.
Newell township has 50 square miles of land in Vermilion County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Wabash Lowlands, within Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Broad terraced river valleys contrast with wooded slopes and dissected glacial plains. Bottomland settings and upland oak landscapes occur close together across the Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Regional context: Interior River Valleys and Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Newell and Vermilion County
Newell is associated with Vermilion 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.
Newell by land and water
The Census records 0.73 square miles of water within Newell, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 1.1 percentage points higher than the 0.3% recorded for Vermilion County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Newell township has 67.3 times the land area of nearby Bismarck village (0.74 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

