THE MARQUETTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Smoky Hills setting.
Marquette township has 35.8 square miles of land in McPherson 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
Marquette and McPherson County
Marquette is associated with McPherson 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.
Marquette by land and water
The Census records 0.23 square miles of water within Marquette, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points higher than the 0.3% recorded for McPherson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Marquette township has 74.3 times the land area of nearby Marquette city (0.48 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

