THE SARCOXIE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Osage Cuestas setting.
Sarcoxie township has 30.7 square miles of land in Jefferson 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
Sarcoxie and Jefferson County
Sarcoxie is associated with Jefferson 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.
Sarcoxie by land and water
The Census records 0.39 square miles of water within Sarcoxie, or 1.3% of its total area. It is 3.1 percentage points lower than the 4.3% recorded for Jefferson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sarcoxie township has 96.2% of the land area of nearby Rural township (31.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

