THE HAMILTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Clayey High Lime Till Plains setting.
Hamilton town has 2.1 square miles of land in DeKalb County, Steuben County. Its Census reference point is in Clayey High Lime Till Plains, within Eastern Corn Belt Plains.
Rolling glacial till plains are interrupted by end moraines and areas of older, more dissected deposits. The historical landscape had more tree cover than the Central Corn Belt to the west.
Regional context: Eastern Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Hamilton intersects 2 county geographies: DeKalb County, Steuben County. A Hamilton mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Hamilton by land and water
The Census records 0.95 square miles of water within Hamilton, or 31.2% of its total area. It is 29.5 percentage points higher than the 1.6% recorded for Indiana. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hamilton town has 6.3% of the land area of nearby Otsego township (33.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

