THE WASHINGTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Illinoian Till Plain setting.
Washington County has 562.6 square miles of land in Illinois. The mapped landscape region in Washington County is Southern Illinoian Till Plain.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within Washington County
The atlas lists 30 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Washington County, including Hoyleton, Irvington, Covington. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Washington County by land and water
The Census records 1.31 square miles of water within Washington County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Washington County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Washington County has 16.2 times the land area of nearby Nashville township (34.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Clinton County, Jefferson County, Marion County, Perry County, Randolph County, St. Clair County within Illinois. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

