THE MOLTKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Des Moines Lobe setting.
Moltke township has 39 square miles of land in Sibley 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
Moltke and Sibley County
Moltke is associated with Sibley 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.
Moltke by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Moltke, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.9 percentage points lower than the 1.9% recorded for Sibley County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Moltke township has 58.8 times the land area of nearby Gibbon city (0.66 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

