THE CLIFTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Smoky Hills setting.
Clifton township has 36.1 square miles of land in Washington County. Its Census reference point is in Smoky Hills, within Central Great Plains.
These plains are lower and somewhat more irregular than the High Plains to the west. Their grassland setting includes rolling terrain and a transition toward greater rainfall in the east.
Regional context: Central Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Clifton and Washington County
Clifton is associated with Washington 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.
Clifton by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Clifton, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.4% recorded for Washington County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clifton township has 168.6 times the land area of nearby Vining city (0.21 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

