THE VALENTINE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sand Hills setting.
Valentine city has 3.03 square miles of land in Cherry County. Its Census reference point is in Sand Hills, within Nebraska Sand Hills.
Grass-covered sand dunes form the Sandhills' distinctive rolling landscape. Lakes and wetlands occur in many areas between dunes, while tree cover is limited away from some river corridors.
Regional context: Nebraska Sand Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Valentine and Cherry County
Valentine is associated with Cherry 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.
Valentine by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Valentine, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.8% recorded for Cherry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Valentine city has 7 times the land area of nearby Crookston village (0.44 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

