THE AMBOY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Des Moines Lobe setting.
Amboy township has 35.6 square miles of land in Cottonwood County. Its Census reference point is in Des Moines Lobe, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Amboy and Cottonwood County
Amboy is associated with Cottonwood 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.
Amboy by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Amboy, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 1.3% recorded for Cottonwood County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Amboy township has 90.8 times the land area of nearby Jeffers city (0.39 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

