THE WESTERN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Holt Tablelands setting.
Western township has 27.9 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
Western and Knox County
Western 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.
Western by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Western, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 2.4 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, Western township has 27.9% of the land area of nearby Raymond township (100 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

