THE CANNON CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Big Woods setting.
Cannon City township has 30.4 square miles of land in Rice County. Its Census reference point is in Big Woods, within North Central Hardwood Forests.
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Regional context: North Central Hardwood Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cannon City and Rice County
Cannon City 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.
Cannon City by land and water
The Census records 0.16 square miles of water within Cannon City, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 3.4 percentage points lower than the 3.9% recorded for Rice County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cannon City township has 1.9 times the land area of nearby Faribault city (15.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

