THE HANOVER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Smoky Hills setting.
Hanover township has 35.7 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
Hanover and Washington County
Hanover 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.
Hanover by land and water
The Census records 0.37 square miles of water within Hanover, or 1% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points higher 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, Hanover township has 59.6 times the land area of nearby Hanover city (0.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.