THE MONTICELLO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loamy High Lime Till Plains setting.
Monticello city has 3.47 square miles of land in White 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
Monticello and White County
Monticello is associated with White 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.
Monticello by land and water
The Census records 0.21 square miles of water within Monticello, or 5.8% of its total area. It is 5.1 percentage points higher than the 0.7% recorded for White County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Monticello city has 8.3% of the land area of nearby Union township (41.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

