THE MELVERN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Osage Cuestas setting.
Melvern township has 44.7 square miles of land in Osage 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
Melvern and Osage County
Melvern is associated with Osage 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.
Melvern by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Melvern, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 1.9 percentage points lower than the 2% recorded for Osage County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Melvern township has 125.6 times the land area of nearby Melvern city (0.36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

