THE LANE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Osage Cuestas setting.
Lane city has 0.23 square miles of land in Franklin County. Its Census reference point is in Osage Cuestas, within Central Irregular Plains.
Irregular plains form a transition between northern agricultural country and more wooded uplands to the south and east. Grassland and forest historically mixed, with wider woodland belts beside streams.
Regional context: Central Irregular Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Lane and Franklin County
Lane is associated with Franklin 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.
Lane by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Lane, or 2.9% of its total area. It is 2 percentage points higher than the 0.9% recorded for Franklin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lane city has 0.6% of the land area of nearby Pottawatomie township (38.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

