THE DUNBAR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Drift Plains setting.
Dunbar township has 36 square miles of land in Faribault County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Drift Plains, 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
Dunbar and Faribault County
Dunbar is associated with Faribault 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.
Dunbar by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Dunbar, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 1.3% recorded for Faribault County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dunbar township has 17.2 times the land area of nearby Wells city (2.09 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

