THE COTTONWOOD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Flint Hills setting.
Cottonwood township has 80.2 square miles of land in Chase County. Its Census reference point is in Flint Hills.
Rolling limestone and shale hills are divided by narrow valleys. The Flint Hills preserve extensive tallgrass-prairie landscapes, with rocky uplands contrasting with the smoother cropland regions nearby.
Regional context: Flint Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cottonwood and Chase County
Cottonwood is associated with Chase 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.
Cottonwood by land and water
The Census records 0.61 square miles of water within Cottonwood, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 0.6% recorded for Chase County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cottonwood township has 1,178.8 times the land area of nearby Cedar Point city (0.07 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

