THE LAWRENCE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loamy High Lime Till Plains setting.
Lawrence city has 20.2 square miles of land in Marion County. Its Census reference point is in Loamy 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
Lawrence and Marion County
Lawrence is associated with Marion 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.
Lawrence by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Lawrence, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 1.7% recorded for Marion County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lawrence city has 42.9% of the land area of nearby Lawrence township (47 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

