THE SHELBURNE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Coteau setting.
Shelburne township has 35 square miles of land in Lyon County. Its Census reference point is in Prairie Coteau, 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
Shelburne and Lyon County
Shelburne is associated with Lyon 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.
Shelburne by land and water
The Census records 1.12 square miles of water within Shelburne, or 3.1% of its total area. It is 2.1 percentage points higher than the 1% recorded for Lyon County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Shelburne township has 323.9 times the land area of nearby Florence city (0.11 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

