THE DALLAS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Flats and Till Plains setting.
Dallas township has 42.2 square miles of land in DeKalb County. Its Census reference point is in Loess Flats and Till 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
Dallas and DeKalb County
Dallas is associated with DeKalb 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.
Dallas by land and water
The Census records 0.25 square miles of water within Dallas, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 1% recorded for DeKalb County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dallas township has 357.3 times the land area of nearby Weatherby town (0.12 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

