THE ELKHART LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Wooded Osage Plains setting.
Elkhart township has 35.4 square miles of land in Bates County. Its Census reference point is in Wooded Osage 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
Elkhart and Bates County
Elkhart is associated with Bates 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.
Elkhart by land and water
The Census records 0.16 square miles of water within Elkhart, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 1.7% recorded for Bates County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Elkhart township has 1.1 times the land area of nearby East Boone township (31.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

