THE WEST WASHINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Great Bend Sand Prairie setting.
West Washington township has 35.8 square miles of land in Rice County. Its Census reference point is in Great Bend Sand Prairie, 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
West Washington and Rice County
West Washington is associated with Rice 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.
West Washington by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within West Washington, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points lower than the 0.2% recorded for Rice County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, West Washington township has 27.6 times the land area of nearby Nickerson city (1.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.