THE HAMMOND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Wabash-Ohio Bottomlands setting.
Hammond township has 40.9 square miles of land in Spencer County. Its Census reference point is in Wabash-Ohio Bottomlands, 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
Hammond and Spencer County
Hammond is associated with Spencer 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.
Hammond by land and water
The Census records 1.15 square miles of water within Hammond, or 2.7% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points higher than the 1.2% recorded for Spencer County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hammond township has 56.2 times the land area of nearby Newtonville CDP (0.73 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

