THE WASHINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Holt Tablelands setting.
Washington township has 47.8 square miles of land in Knox County. Its Census reference point is in Holt Tablelands, 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
Washington and Knox County
Washington 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.
Washington by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Washington, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 2.7 percentage points lower 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, Washington township has 1.7 times the land area of nearby Western township (27.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

