THE PAW PAW LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Flint Hills setting.
Paw Paw township has 53.9 square miles of land in Elk 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
Paw Paw and Elk County
Paw Paw is associated with Elk 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.
Paw Paw by land and water
The Census records 0.51 square miles of water within Paw Paw, or 0.9% of its total area. That share is close to Elk County’s 1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Paw Paw township has 110 times the land area of nearby Severy city (0.49 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

