THE GREENE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Des Moines Lobe setting.
Greene County has 569.6 square miles of land in Iowa. The mapped landscape region in Greene County is Des Moines Lobe.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within Greene County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Greene County, including Jefferson, Churdan, Ralston. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Greene County by land and water
The Census records 1.7 square miles of water within Greene County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Greene County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Greene County has 94.7 times the land area of nearby Jefferson city (6.02 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Boone County, Calhoun County, Carroll County, Dallas County, Guthrie County, Webster County within Iowa. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

