THE PILLSBURY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Des Moines Lobe setting.
Pillsbury township has 34.7 square miles of land in Swift 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
Pillsbury and Swift County
Pillsbury 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.
Pillsbury by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Pillsbury, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower 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, Pillsbury township has 41.6 times the land area of nearby Kerkhoven city (0.84 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

