THE NIOBRARA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern River Breaks setting.
Niobrara township has 22.5 square miles of land in Knox County. Its Census reference point is in Southern River Breaks, within Northwestern Glaciated Plains.
Glaciated plains bridge the wetter eastern prairie and the drier, more broken Great Plains. Numerous prairie potholes and other seasonal or persistent wetlands are characteristic regional landforms.
Regional context: Northwestern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Niobrara and Knox County
Niobrara is associated with Knox 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.
Niobrara by land and water
The Census records 0.93 square miles of water within Niobrara, or 4% of its total area. It is 1.2 percentage points higher than the 2.8% recorded for Knox County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Niobrara township has 30.9 times the land area of nearby Niobrara village (0.73 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

