THE GRANT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Flats and Till Plains setting.
Grant township has 49.8 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
Grant and DeKalb County
Grant 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.
Grant by land and water
The Census records 0.7 square miles of water within Grant, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points higher than the 1% recorded for DeKalb County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Grant township has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Dallas township (42.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

