THE PETTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Illinoian Till Plain setting.
Petty township has 57.3 square miles of land in Lawrence County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Illinoian Till Plain, 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
Petty and Lawrence County
Petty is associated with Lawrence 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.
Petty by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Petty, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.5% recorded for Lawrence County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Petty township has 3.8 times the land area of nearby Southwest township (15.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.