THE APPLETON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tewaukon/Big Stone Stagnation Moraine setting.
Appleton township has 30.8 square miles of land in Swift County. Its Census reference point is in Tewaukon/Big Stone Stagnation Moraine, within Northern Glaciated Plains.
Flat to gently rolling glacial terrain supports a prairie transition between taller and shorter grasses. Many temporary and seasonal wetlands occupy depressions left in the glacial landscape.
Regional context: Northern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Appleton and Swift County
Appleton is associated with Swift 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.
Appleton by land and water
The Census records 1.22 square miles of water within Appleton, or 3.8% of its total area. It is 2.5 percentage points higher than the 1.3% recorded for Swift County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Appleton township has 16.3 times the land area of nearby Appleton city (1.89 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

