THE SHERMAN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Flint Hills setting.
Sherman township has 36 square miles of land in Pottawatomie 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
Sherman and Pottawatomie County
Sherman is associated with Pottawatomie 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.
Sherman by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Sherman, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 2.2 percentage points lower than the 2.4% recorded for Pottawatomie County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sherman township has 233.5 times the land area of nearby Wheaton city (0.15 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

