THE JEFFERSON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Wabash Lowlands setting.
Jefferson township has 42.4 square miles of land in Sullivan County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Wabash Lowlands, 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
Jefferson and Sullivan County
Jefferson is associated with Sullivan 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.
Jefferson by land and water
The Census records 0.56 square miles of water within Jefferson, or 1.3% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 1.5% recorded for Sullivan County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Jefferson township has 114.3 times the land area of nearby Pleasantville CDP (0.37 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

