THE PEMBROKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sand Area setting.
Pembroke township has 52.3 square miles of land in Kankakee County. Its Census reference point is in Sand Area, 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
Pembroke and Kankakee County
Pembroke is associated with Kankakee 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.
Pembroke by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Pembroke, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 0.7% recorded for Kankakee County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pembroke township has 12.4 times the land area of nearby Hopkins Park village (4.22 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

