THE CENTRAL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cherokee Plains setting.
Central township has 54.2 square miles of land in Barton County. Its Census reference point is in Cherokee Plains, within Central Irregular Plains.
Irregular plains form a transition between northern agricultural country and more wooded uplands to the south and east. Grassland and forest historically mixed, with wider woodland belts beside streams.
Regional context: Central Irregular Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Central and Barton County
Central is associated with Barton 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.
Central by land and water
The Census records 0.25 square miles of water within Central, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.8% recorded for Barton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Central township has 201.5 times the land area of nearby Iantha CDP (0.27 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

