THE DENISON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Steeply Rolling Loess Prairies setting.
Denison city has 6.54 square miles of land in Crawford County. Its Census reference point is in Steeply Rolling Loess Prairies, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Denison and Crawford County
Denison is associated with Crawford 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.
Denison by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Denison, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points higher than the 0.1% recorded for Crawford County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Denison city has 16 times the land area of nearby Deloit city (0.41 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

