THE MARION LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loamy High Lime Till Plains setting.
Marion township has 45.9 square miles of land in Boone 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
Marion and Boone County
Marion is associated with Boone 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.
Marion by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Marion, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Boone County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Marion township has 95.7 times the land area of nearby Elizaville CDP (0.48 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

