THE WALNUT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Smoky Hills setting.
Walnut township has 35.8 square miles of land in Marshall 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
Walnut and Marshall County
Walnut is associated with Marshall 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.
Walnut by land and water
The Census records 0.08 square miles of water within Walnut, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.5% recorded for Marshall County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Walnut township has 1 times the land area of nearby Elm Creek township (35.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

